Requiem For The Sudan

War, Drought, And Disaster Relief On The Nile
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-0-367-31769-0
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 408 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 739 g

After a decade of uneasy peace, the historic conflict between the Northern Sudanese, who identify with their Middle Eastern neighbors, and the Southern Sudanese, who are of African heritage, erupted into violent conflict in 1983. This ferocious civil war, with its Arab militias and widespread use of automatic weapons, has devastated the populace. N

Autoren/Hrsg.

Burr, J. Millard

Collins, Robert O

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction, 1 The Death of a Dream, 2 The Politics of Food, 3 Battering the Dispossessed, 4 Starvation in the South, 5 The International Response, 6 Operation Lifeline Sudan, 7 The Return of the Military, 8 The Junta Is Challenged, 9 Escalating the War and Reducing Relief, Conclusion: A Decade of Despair

Über Autor(innen)

J. Millard Burr is a former relief coordinator for Operation Lifeline Sudan, U.S. Agency for International Development. Robert O. Collins is professor of history at the University of California at Santa Barbara.