Andrew M. Dorman - Blair’s Successful War: British Military Intervention in Sierra Leone

BLAIRS SUCCESSFUL WAR

Military Strategy and Operational Art

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British Military Intervention in Sierra Leone

ANDREW M. DORMAN
Kings College London, UK

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Andrew M. Dorman 2009

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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
Dorman, Andrew M., 1966

Blairs successful war : British military intervention in Sierra Leone. -- (Military strategy and operational art)
1. Great Britain--Foreign relations--Sierra Leone. 2. Sierra Leone--Foreign relations--Great Britain. 3. Sierra Leone--History--Civil War, 19912002-Peace. 4. Humanitarian intervention--Sierra Leone. 5. United Nations Assistance Mission in Sierra Leone. 6. Great Britain--Politics and government--19972007. 7. Great Britain--History, Military--20th century.
I. Title II. Series
327.4'10664-dc22

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Dorman, Andrew M., 1966

Blairs successful war : British military intervention in Sierra Leone / by Andrew M. Dorman.

p. cm. -- (Military strategy and operational art)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-7546-7299-9 (hardback) ISBN 978-0-7546-9169-3 (ebook) 1. Great Britain--Foreign relations--Sierra Leone. 2. Sierra Leon--Foreign relations--Great Britain. 3. Blair, Tony, 1953---Military leadership. 4. Sierra Leone--History--Civil War, 1991-2002. 5. Peacekeeping forces--Sierra Leone--History. 6. Great Britain--Military policy. 7. Intervention (International law) I. Title.

DA47.9.S5D67 2009
966.404-dc22

2009031070

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