Empowering Resilience addresses a critical area of concern for all individuals governments and nongovernment organizations involved in international peace building and economic development the rebuilding of health care systems in countries emerging from civil conflict. Professor Aaron Buseh sets a broad context for improving health care delivery in warimpacted African countries by presenting a clear and concise historical overview of Liberia including its political economic and cultural factors that led to social upheaval. Through understanding the organization financing and delivery of health care in Liberia readers will be able to appreciate the analysis of the prewar root causes of the civil conflict and a poorly functional prewar health care system that Buseh effectively investigates.