Life after Guns: Reciprocity and Respect among Young Men in Liberia

"Hardgrove's careful ethnography of post-war Liberia succeeds at one of anthropology's core missions: she undermines the stereotypes and easy answers standing in the way of true understanding and meaningful engagement."
 

Danny Hoffman, author of The War Machines: Young Men and Violence in Sierra Leone and Liberia

"Life after Guns is a much needed study about excombatant and other youth in the Liberian post-war reality. Hardgrove takes us beyond previous studies of excombatant youth only, showing the importance of a broader generational and relational perspective on both conflict and post-conflicts."

Mats Utas, editor of African Conflicts and Informal Power: Big Men and Networks