American Warlord
A True Story
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · Print & ebook · March 22, 2016
The incredible true story of Chucky Taylor, the only American ever convicted of torture.
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- Who it’s for
- A reported true story of power, cruelty, and Liberia’s dark years.
- Themes
- Political violence, Torture and cruelty, Moral corruption
- Genres
- Criminals & Outlaws, West African History, Historical True Crime
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The incredible true story of Chucky Taylor, the only American ever convicted of torture. Chucky Taylor was an average American teenager, until he got a call from his father, a man who would become the infamous dictator of Liberia. Arriving in West Africa and reunited with his father, Chucky soon found himself leading a murderous militia group tasked with carrying out the president’s vendettas.
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Young and drunk on power, and with no real training beyond watching action films, Chucky spiraled into a binge of drugs, violence, and women, committing crimes that stunned even his father. A work of astonishing journalism, American Warlord is the true story of those dark years in Liberia, cutting right to the bone of humanity’s terrifying and unknowable capacity for cruelty to show just how easily a soul can be lost amid the chaos of war.
Power and Cruelty
A reported true story of power, cruelty, and Liberia’s dark years.
Come here for
- Journalism on the reach of unchecked power
- A true story of cruelty amid war
Expect
- A disturbing account of drugs, violence, and impunity
- A close look at how power can warp a young life
Where it sits
| West African History | 50% |
|---|---|
| Criminals & Outlaws | 45% |
| Historical True Crime | 30% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Criminals & Outlaws
- West African History
- Violence in Society
- Authors
- Johnny Dwyer
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Published
- March 22, 2016
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Political violence · Torture and cruelty · Moral corruption
- Reading lane
- Criminals & Outlaws