Heart of darkness. (Liberian civil war)

National Review | June 10, 1991| | Copyright

I TOOK a slow tugboat, the Steel Trader, from the Ivory Coast to Monrovia. Captain Monty Jones, an old West Africa hand, was commanding, and we had on board a Vietnam veteran known as Rambo, who spent his spare time in his cabin polishing his guns in preparation for the pirate attacks he hoped would happen. They didn't, and we steamed peacefully enough into Monrovia harbor.

At the height of the Liberian civil war, the Steel Trader was the only vessel that would brave the artillery duels across the harbor to bring food to the starving city. Someone once asked why the ...

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