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245			_aAmbiguity and methodological transparency in the study of Civil War: _ban answer to Themner's 'lingering command structures in Liberia/ _cIlmari Kaihko
260			_c2022
520			_aResearchers who study civil wars and other armed conflicts are bound to face ambiguities. This article continues the discussion about research brokers in conflict zones that started in a 2019 special issue of Civil Wars and scrutinises the finding that Liberian wartime command structures continue to linger in informal guises long to the post-conflict. Absent transparent acknowledging of the ambiguities it glosses over, past scholarship risks a far too neat story that imbues arguments with untested assumptions. The result neither captures the complexity of contemporary realities of Liberian former combatants nor helps Liberia to move forward from its difficult past.
598			_aCIVIL WAR, NEW ARTICLS
650			_aCIVIL WAR
773			_gCivil Wars, Vol 24, Number 4, December 2022, page: 524-534
856			_uhttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13698249.2022.2075248 _zClick here for full text
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