Colin Waugh grew up in Scotland and was educated in the UK before pursuing careers in writing and publishing, financial markets and international post-conflict work. The latter led him to live and travel in over twenty countries in Africa over the past two decades. In 2004 he wrote 'Paul Kagame and Rwanda', a career narrative of the current President of Rwanda. From 1996-97 he worked in Sierra Leone and later in Ghana, a country of refuge for many Liberians, before returning to Sierra Leone and Liberia itself in 2002, Charles Taylor's last full year in power.

Mr. Waugh currently lives in London, and recently has served on the advisory board of Columbia University's Institute of African Studies and as director of Lombard Street Associates in London.

Introduction
Part 1. The Land of the Freed
1. Foundations of a Settlement
2. The Spirit of Liberia
3. Confronting the Old Order
Part 2. From Dictatorship to Anarchy
4. Sergeant-in-Charge: Samuel Doe's presidency
5. Doe's Decline, Taylor's Travels
6. Charles Taylor's War
7. The Pantomime of Peace
Part 3. Power in Greater Liberia
8. Greater Liberia: Prospering and Assimilating
9.. Sierra Leone: Liberia's Sister Revolution
10. Election Victory and the Taylor Presidency
Part 4. Fallout from a Revolution
11. A Government Embattled
12. Relations with the United States
13. Liberian Legacy
14. Justice a la Carte
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