The Resource To stop a warlord : my story of justice, grace, and the fight for peace, Shannon Sedgwick Davis
To stop a warlord : my story of justice, grace, and the fight for peace, Shannon Sedgwick Davis
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- Summary
- "Human rights lawyer Shannon Sedgwick Davis runs the Bridgeway Foundation, whose stated mission is to end mass atrocities around the world. When she spoke to survivors of warlord Joseph Kony's brutal attacks across Central Africa, she knew she would fight to ensure every mother there had the right that she had, to sing their children to sleep at night and trust that they will be safe til morning. When nations had failed to shield families in danger, she'd come to hire a private army to protect them. Millions had been affected by the violence of the Lord's Resistance Army, led by Kony, including tens of thousands of children who had been abducted from their homes, swept into the jungles and forced to become child soldiers, never to be seen again. Guided by her faith and driven by her moral responsibility as an activist, Davis pushed tirelessly for intervention, using every contact she had in Washington, to the highest levels of the State Department--but since it wouldn't serve our national interests, the issue languished. Davis's efforts to report on the conflict and help survivors were valuable--but they were putting band-aids on bulletholes. Davis realized that to truly stand by Bridgeway's mission, they would have to become the ones they were waiting for. Davis knew she had to act, but this was uncharted territory and she feared that hiring a private army to stop the LRA might lead to more chaos. The decision weighed heavily on her heart, but when she spoke to her mentor Archbishop Desmond Tutu, he took her hand, and told her to put her fears to rest"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xii, 322 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates:
- Contents
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- To stop a warlord
- Protection urgently needed
- Band-aids on bullet holes
- A thousand haystacks
- A mother's wish
- Makombo
- Training and communications
- The ones we were waiting for
- Black and white
- Zebras
- General Zia's river rafts
- Danger and grace
- Red zone
- Leather shoes and radios
- Iron lady from Texas
- Non-negotiables
- Al dente
- Impossible terms
- Drone
- Secrets
- In at half
- Impossible cause
- Use the force
- Operation Viper
- Flight manifest
- Camp Bondo
- Dance for Saint Jude
- Not in our interests
- Contact
- Kia
- Crocodiles and killer bees
- Father, daughter
- Horse laxatives
- Called out
- The sheriff
- Coined
- Lighthouse
- Otukene means grace
- Peanut butter and jelly sandwich
- Tracking White Ant
- Okema's teeth
- Binany's GPS
- Operation Merlin
- What is good
- Cut the snake off the head
- Odhiambo the butcher
- Blue-eyed Acholi
- Let your heart speak to you
- A son never forgets
- Brother, you are home
- Grace's sun
- He calls himself Ali
- Evil has taught me the most
- Isbn
- 9780812995923
- Label
- To stop a warlord : my story of justice, grace, and the fight for peace
- Title
- To stop a warlord
- Title remainder
- my story of justice, grace, and the fight for peace
- Statement of responsibility
- Shannon Sedgwick Davis
- Title variation
- Story of the mission to stop a warlord
- Subject
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- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
- Biography
- trueChild soldiers
- Davis, Shannon Sedgwick
- HISTORY / Africa / Central
- History
- trueHuman rights activists -- Biography
- Human rights workers
- Human rights workers -- Uganda -- Biography
- Human rights workers -- United States -- Biography
- Insurgency
- trueInsurgency -- Uganda
- Lord's Resistance Army
- Lord's Resistance Army
- Military assistance -- History -- 21st century
- trueMilitary assistance -- Uganda
- Military assistance, American
- Military assistance, American -- History -- 21st century
- trueNonprofit organizations
- STTEP (Private military company) -- History
- Since 1979
- trueSpecial forces
- Special forces (Military science) -- Training of -- Uganda
- Uganda
- trueUganda -- History -- 1979-
- United States
- trueWomen lawyers
- Military assistance
- Autobiographies
- Autobiographies
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Human rights lawyer Shannon Sedgwick Davis runs the Bridgeway Foundation, whose stated mission is to end mass atrocities around the world. When she spoke to survivors of warlord Joseph Kony's brutal attacks across Central Africa, she knew she would fight to ensure every mother there had the right that she had, to sing their children to sleep at night and trust that they will be safe til morning. When nations had failed to shield families in danger, she'd come to hire a private army to protect them. Millions had been affected by the violence of the Lord's Resistance Army, led by Kony, including tens of thousands of children who had been abducted from their homes, swept into the jungles and forced to become child soldiers, never to be seen again. Guided by her faith and driven by her moral responsibility as an activist, Davis pushed tirelessly for intervention, using every contact she had in Washington, to the highest levels of the State Department--but since it wouldn't serve our national interests, the issue languished. Davis's efforts to report on the conflict and help survivors were valuable--but they were putting band-aids on bulletholes. Davis realized that to truly stand by Bridgeway's mission, they would have to become the ones they were waiting for. Davis knew she had to act, but this was uncharted territory and she feared that hiring a private army to stop the LRA might lead to more chaos. The decision weighed heavily on her heart, but when she spoke to her mentor Archbishop Desmond Tutu, he took her hand, and told her to put her fears to rest"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- autobiography
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10765943
- Cataloging source
- LBSOR/DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Davis, Shannon Sedgwick
- Dewey number
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- 967.6104/4092
- B
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- plates
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- DT433.287.D38
- LC item number
- A3 2019
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Davis, Shannon Sedgwick
- Lord's Resistance Army
- STTEP (Private military company)
- Lord's Resistance Army
- Human rights workers
- Military assistance
- Special forces (Military science)
- Human rights workers
- Military assistance, American
- Insurgency
- Uganda
- Human rights workers
- Insurgency
- Military assistance
- Military assistance, American
- Uganda
- United States
- HISTORY / Africa / Central
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- my story of justice, grace, and the fight for peace
- Label
- To stop a warlord : my story of justice, grace, and the fight for peace, Shannon Sedgwick Davis
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- To stop a warlord -- Protection urgently needed -- Band-aids on bullet holes -- A thousand haystacks -- A mother's wish -- Makombo -- Training and communications -- The ones we were waiting for -- Black and white -- Zebras -- General Zia's river rafts -- Danger and grace -- Red zone -- Leather shoes and radios -- Iron lady from Texas -- Non-negotiables -- Al dente -- Impossible terms -- Drone -- Secrets -- In at half -- Impossible cause -- Use the force -- Operation Viper -- Flight manifest -- Camp Bondo -- Dance for Saint Jude -- Not in our interests -- Contact -- Kia -- Crocodiles and killer bees -- Father, daughter -- Horse laxatives -- Called out -- The sheriff -- Coined -- Lighthouse -- Otukene means grace -- Peanut butter and jelly sandwich -- Tracking White Ant -- Okema's teeth -- Binany's GPS -- Operation Merlin -- What is good -- Cut the snake off the head -- Odhiambo the butcher -- Blue-eyed Acholi -- Let your heart speak to you -- A son never forgets -- Brother, you are home -- Grace's sun -- He calls himself Ali -- Evil has taught me the most
- Control code
- on1047524666
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xii, 322 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates:
- Isbn
- 9780812995923
- Lccn
- 2018024393
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (chiefly color), map
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1047524666
- Label
- To stop a warlord : my story of justice, grace, and the fight for peace, Shannon Sedgwick Davis
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- To stop a warlord -- Protection urgently needed -- Band-aids on bullet holes -- A thousand haystacks -- A mother's wish -- Makombo -- Training and communications -- The ones we were waiting for -- Black and white -- Zebras -- General Zia's river rafts -- Danger and grace -- Red zone -- Leather shoes and radios -- Iron lady from Texas -- Non-negotiables -- Al dente -- Impossible terms -- Drone -- Secrets -- In at half -- Impossible cause -- Use the force -- Operation Viper -- Flight manifest -- Camp Bondo -- Dance for Saint Jude -- Not in our interests -- Contact -- Kia -- Crocodiles and killer bees -- Father, daughter -- Horse laxatives -- Called out -- The sheriff -- Coined -- Lighthouse -- Otukene means grace -- Peanut butter and jelly sandwich -- Tracking White Ant -- Okema's teeth -- Binany's GPS -- Operation Merlin -- What is good -- Cut the snake off the head -- Odhiambo the butcher -- Blue-eyed Acholi -- Let your heart speak to you -- A son never forgets -- Brother, you are home -- Grace's sun -- He calls himself Ali -- Evil has taught me the most
- Control code
- on1047524666
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xii, 322 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates:
- Isbn
- 9780812995923
- Lccn
- 2018024393
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (chiefly color), map
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1047524666
Subject
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
- Biography
- trueChild soldiers
- Davis, Shannon Sedgwick
- HISTORY / Africa / Central
- History
- trueHuman rights activists -- Biography
- Human rights workers
- Human rights workers -- Uganda -- Biography
- Human rights workers -- United States -- Biography
- Insurgency
- trueInsurgency -- Uganda
- Lord's Resistance Army
- Lord's Resistance Army
- Military assistance -- History -- 21st century
- trueMilitary assistance -- Uganda
- Military assistance, American
- Military assistance, American -- History -- 21st century
- trueNonprofit organizations
- STTEP (Private military company) -- History
- Since 1979
- trueSpecial forces
- Special forces (Military science) -- Training of -- Uganda
- Uganda
- trueUganda -- History -- 1979-
- United States
- trueWomen lawyers
- Military assistance
- Autobiographies
- Autobiographies
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