title: American Warlord: A True Story
author:  Johnny Dwyer 
description: <b>Praise for <i>American Warlord </i>by Johnny Dwyer:</b><br /><br />What happens when you give a disturbed American teenager unlimited power and weaponry and put him in a zone where the law and morality dont exist? The answer comes in <i>American Warlord</i>, Johnny Dwyers disturbing account of the gruesome rise and unlikely fall of the son of the Liberian warlord Charles TaylorCharles Taylor Jr., widely known as Chucky . . . Dwyer skillfully meshes interviews, documents and court testimony . . . It is the juxtaposition of [Chuckys] descent into depravity with Chuckys relatively innocuous origins that gives force to Dwyers fluid narrative . . . [A] brutal but well-told tale.Adam Nossiter, <i>The New York Times Book Review</i><br /><br />One of the most remarkable biographies that has appeared in recent years . . . Dwyer first wrote about Chucky Taylor for a <i>Rolling Stone</i> article published in September 2008, and he has done a tremendous job amplifying the story with additional research and reporting. <br /> James Zug, <i>The Boston Globe</i><br /> <br /> Absorbing. . . Dwyer's work here is important . . . The next time chaos breaks out overseas, one can only hope that the decision-makers will be remembering the story told in <i>American Warlord</i>. <br /> James Norton, <i>The Christian Science Monitor</i><br /> <br /> Chucky Taylor is an American citizen, the only person ever tried and convicted of torture committed abroad under U.S. law . . . Johnny Dwyers subtitle for<i>American Warlord,</i> his narrative of the life and times of Chucky Taylor, isA True Story,and not for nothing, as even the basic proven facts of the case might otherwise strain credulity . . . A major achievement . . . With a bumper crop of journalistic ethics and corroborative testimony. <br /> Brian Castner, <i>The Daily Beast</i><br /><br />A dark triumpha meticulous geopolitical narrative and gripping tale of an American son lost to evil.<i>Kirkus</i> (starred)
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  WARLORD
  
  By Jenika Snow
  
  [www.JenikaSnow.com](http://www.jenikasnow.com/)
  
  [Jenika_Snow@Yahoo.com](mailto:Jenika_Snow@Yahoo.com)
  
  Copyright © May 2020 by Jenika Snow
  
  First ebook edition © May 2020 by Jenika Snow
  
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