Recent events in Mali, Libya, Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq, and elsewhere demonstrate that building professional indigenous forces is imperative to regional stability, yet few success stories exist. Liberia is a qualified "success," and this study explores how it was achieved by the program's chief architect. Liberia suffered a 14-year civil war replete with human rights atrocities that killed 250,000 people and displaced a third of its population. Following President Charles Taylor's exile in 2003, the U.S. contracted DynCorp ...
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Recent events in Mali, Libya, Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq, and elsewhere demonstrate that building professional indigenous forces is imperative to regional stability, yet few success stories exist. Liberia is a qualified "success," and this study explores how it was achieved by the program's chief architect. Liberia suffered a 14-year civil war replete with human rights atrocities that killed 250,000 people and displaced a third of its population. Following President Charles Taylor's exile in 2003, the U.S. contracted DynCorp International to demobilize and rebuild the Armed Forces of Liberia and its Ministry of Defense; the first time in 150 years that one sovereign nation hired a private company to raise another sovereign nation's military. This monograph explores the theory and practice behind the successful disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration (DDR) of the legacy military and security sector reform (SSR) that built the new one.
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Publisher:
U. S. Army War College, Strategic Studies Institute/Army War College Press
Published:
2013
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
13469939432
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Very good. Cover has slight wear and soiling. Glued binding. xiv, 130 p. Illustrations, black & white. Endnotes. From an on-line posting: "This monograph explains, step-by-step, how to demobilize militias and raise armies in conflict-affected states by someone who has done so successfully. Dr. Sean McFate is an expert in security sector transformation. Before working in academia and policy, Dr. McFate was a Program Manager for DynCorp International, a company that provides technical services for the U.S. Government. There he helped create and manage unique programs in Africa, such as demobilizing and then rebuilding Liberia s army from the ground up after the 14-year civil war and Charles Taylor s exile in 2003. Prior to this, he was an officer and paratrooper in the U.S. Army s 82nd Airborne Division. After serving in the military, he advised Amnesty International USA on human rights and armed conflict issues. Dr. McFate has published articles in Foreign Policy, African Affairs, Military Review, Royal United Services Institute Journal, and Review of African Political Economy.