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Product Identifiers

PublisherHeinemann

ISBN-100435074067

ISBN-139780435074067

eBay Product ID (ePID)901570

Product Key Features

Educational LevelHigh School, Elementary School

Number of Pages182 Pages

Publication NameFighting for the Rain Forest

LanguageEnglish

SubjectAfrica / West, Sociology / General, Revolutionary, General, Economics / General

Publication Year1996

TypeStudy Guide

AuthorNot Available

Subject AreaSocial Science, Education, Business & Economics, History

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight10.9 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceElementary/High School

LCCN96-51446

Dewey Edition21

Reviews"A perceptive, passionate, and disturbing book which sheds light on issues of great current importance."- The Journal of Development Studies, "A perceptive, passionate, and disturbing book which sheds light on issues of great current importance." The Journal of Development Studies, "A perceptive, passionate, and disturbing book which sheds light on issues of great current importance."-The Journal of Development Studies

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal966.4/04

SynopsisThis important book addresses several misconceptions about war, youth, and resources in Sierra Leone. Paul Richards argues that the war in Sierra Leone and other small wars in Africa do not manifest a "new barbarism." What appears as random, anarchic violence is no such thing. The terrifying military methods of Sierra Leone's soldiers may not fit Western models of warfare, but they are rational and effective. The war must be understood partly as "performance," in which techniques of terror compensate for lack of equipment. Richards points out that Sierra Leone's war is a crisis of modernity. Sierra Leone's youth belong to a modern, trans-Atlantic culture. In remote diamond-digging camps, young people watch Rambo videos and listen to BBC news. These are part of the cultural resources with which the war is fought. The frustrations of these young people underlie the crisis. Not only the soldiers but most of the commanders are teenagers. Their aspirations are for schools and jobs. Financia, 'Fighting for the Rain Forest' explores the roots of the civil war in Sierra Leone and its manifestations in the forests amongst the country's youth., This important book addresses several misconceptions about war, youth, and resources in Sierra Leone.

LC Classification NumberDT516.8.R53 1996