Liberia and Independent Africa, 1940s to 2012: A Brief Political Profile

by D. Elwood Dunn

Overview

A brief discussion of Liberia's history, political development, civil wars, post-civil war recovery, and varied relationships with African nations during the administrations of presidents William V. S. Tubman, William J. Tolbert Jr., Samuel K. Doe, Charles G. Taylor, and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940016209111
Publisher:	Africana Homestead Legacy Publishers
Publication date:	03/09/2013
Series:	AHLP Occasional Papers , #1
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	291 KB

About the Author

D. Elwood Dunn is The Alfred Walter Negley Professor of Political Science at Sewanee: The University of the South where he has been on the faculty continuously since 1981. Before coming to Sewanee he earned a Ph.D. degree from American University (1972), taught at Seton Hall University, and served in the government of his native Liberia becoming minister of state for presidential affairs in 1979. He is author of more than 10 books or book chapters on West African society and politics, and numerous articles on international affairs.