TY  - BOOK
AU  - Malan,Mark
ED  - US Army War College.
TI  - Security sector reform in Liberia: mixed results from humble beginnings
SN  - 9781584873457
PY  - 2008///]
CY  - Carlisle, PA
PB  - Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College
KW  - Liberia
KW  - national security
KW  - armed forces
KW  - police
KW  - restructuring
KW  - civil-military relations
KW  - security sector reform, SSR
N1  - March 2008
N2  - The author presents an explanatory overview and analysis of progress made with the process of security sector reform in Liberia -- with particular reference to the armed forces and the police. The author begins with a concise review of what the theory of SSR and its application in the Liberian context and follows with a description of Liberia's post-war security architecture and the urgent need for a comprehensive and sustained process of reform. An overview of the legal and conceptual framework for engaging in SSR in Liberia is provided as further backdrop to substantive sections dealing with the reform (or re-building) of the Armed Forces of Liberia and the Liberia National Police. The author concludes with a critical analysis of the SSR process and recommendations for further action
UR  - http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/PUB855.pdf
ER  -