Sierra Leone (catch all)

**davidbfpo** · 06-01-2013

A short RUSI commentary:http://www.rusi.org/analysis/comment...519CD2196877F/

Quite reflective and maybe of interest for the role of the international military advisory mission (IMATT); with a now dated Canadian explanation:http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-...=75&CdnOpId=86

**davidbfpo** · 08-26-2015

A new book by Kieran Mitton, a Kings War Studies academic: Rebels in a Rotten State: Understanding Atrocity in the Sierra Leone Civil War:http://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/...one-civil-war/

From the publishers abstract:

The atrocities of civil wars present us with many difficult questions. How do seemingly ordinary individuals come to commit such extraordinary acts of cruelty, often against unarmed civilians? Can we ever truly understand such acts of ‘evil’? Based on a wealth of original interviews with perpetrators of violence in Sierra Leone’s civil war, this book provides a detailed response.

If you register with the publishers you get a discount and free P&P worldwide.

**davidbfpo** · 09-09-2015

A five minute podcast by the author:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJLT...ature=youtu.be

**davidbfpo** · 08-31-2016

Hat tip to WoTR for a David Ucko article which is a comprehensive review of the UK role in Sierra Leone; a longer version (18 pgs) is in the Journal of Strategic Studies - free for a short while.

WoTR:http://warontherocks.com/2016/08/whe...-sierra-leone/

Longer version:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/1...0.2015.1110695

**davidbfpo** · 08-01-2017

A short article by a PhD student that starts with:

The British intervention in the Sierra Leone civil war aimed to create long-term security for civilians.
More than 15 years on, how sustainable is security in the country? Sierra Leone’s eleven year long civil war (1991-2002) is renowned as one of the most brutal intra-state conflicts in recent history. Atrocities were perpetrated by all parties to the conflict.
(Later) arguably the vast majority of the destabilising factors attributed to the outbreak of the civil war persist.

Link:https://sustainablesecurity.org/2017...one-revisited/