TY - BOOK AU - Kieh,Klay George,Jr. TI - First Liberian Civil War:the crises of underdevelopment SN - 9780820488394 U1 - 966.6203 PY - 2008/// CY - New York PB - Peter Lang KW - Civil wars,Developing countries,Ethnic conflicts N1 - This book challenges the dominant view that the first Liberian civil war was caused by ethno-cultural antagonisms between and among the country's various ethnic groups. Alternatively, the book argues that the war was the consequence of the multifaceted crises of underdevelopment - cultural, economic, political, and social - generated by the neo-colonial Liberian State.Includes bibliographical references and index ER -