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The atrocities of civil wars present us with many difficult questions. How do seemingly ordinary individuals come to commit such extraordinary acts of cruelty, often against unarmed civilians? Can we ever truly understand such acts of 'evil'? Based on a wealth of original interviews with perpetrators of violence in Sierra Leone's civil war, this book provides a detailed response. Moving beyond the rigid bounds of political science, the author engages with sociology, psychology and social psychology, to provide a comprehensive picture of the complex individual motives behind seemingly...

This book offers a fresh analysis of the role of exemplary violence and its psychological impact. It considers the role emotions such as shame and disgust play in facilitating a climate of extreme brutality and what lessons we can learn from the case of Sierra Leone in understanding the atrocities of other contemporary conflicts.