War and the Crisis of Youth in Sierra Leone (Hardcover)

Introduction; 1. Voices from the battlefield: ex-combatants' views on root causes of the war and their reasons for participation; 2. The socio-economic crisis of rural youth; 3. Conflict in Sierra Leone and recruits to the war; 4. The world of the RUF; 5. Malfunctions and atrocities; 6. Cultivating peace: RUF ex-combatants' involvement in post-war agricultural projects; 7. Footpaths to reintegration?: Agrarian solutions for the reintegration of ex-combatants; 8. Conclusion: the RUF as a rural underclass project; Epilogue; Annex I: a chronology; Annex II: overview interviewed ex-RUF combatants.