Fighting for the Rain Forest

by Richards, Paul

• ISBN13: 9780852553978
• ISBN10: 0852553978
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-01-01
• Publisher: INGRAM

Summary

Do small wars in Africa manifest a 'new barbarism'? What appears as random, anarchic violence is no such thing. The terrifying military methods of of Sierra Leone's soldiers may not fir conventional western models of warfare, but they are rational and effective nonetheless. The war must be understood partly as a 'performance', in which techniques of terror compensate for lack of equipment.BR>PAUL RICHARDS is Professor of Technology and Agrarian Development, Wageningen University, and Professor of Anthroplogy, University College, London Published in association with the International African Institute North America: Heinemann

Table of Contents

List of Photographs, Maps & Graphs	x
Abbreviations	x
Foreword	xi
Introduction War in Sierra Leone
New Barbarism in Africa	xiii
Insurgency in Sierra Leone
Context, Events & Interpretations	1	(33)
State Recession & Youth
The Political Culture of Patrimonial Decline	34	(27)
Forest Conversion
The Making & Re-making of Forest Society	61	(26)
Bush War & Primitive Accumulation
The Voices of Young People	87	(18)
Videos & Violence
Youth Exposure to Modern Media	105	(10)
Environment & Violence
Is Population Pressure a Likely Cause of War?	115	(10)
On the Edge
State Recession & Social Exclusion	125	(14)
War, Resources & the Future
Youth Attitudes to Forest Insurgency	139	(13)
Conclusion War-Peace Transitions
Scope for Citizen Action	152	(13)
Afterword	165	(4)
Postscript	169	(16)
References	185	(10)
Index	195