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Print Price: $16.95

Format:
Paperback
208 pp.
10 b&w, 5 maps, 5.5" x 8.25"

ISBN-13:
9780199764198

Publication date:
March 2012

Imprint: OUP US


Sudan, South Sudan, and Darfur

What Everyone Needs to Know

Andrew S. Natsios

Series : What Everyone Needs to Know

For thirty years Sudan has been a country in crisis, wracked by near-constant warfare between the north and the south. But on July 9, 2011, South Sudan became an independent nation. As Sudan once again finds itself the focus of international attention, former special envoy to Sudan and director of USAID Andrew Natsios provides a timely introduction to the country at this pivotal moment in its history. Focusing on the events of the last 25 years, Natsios sheds light on the origins of the conflict between northern and southern Sudan and the complicated politics of this volatile nation.

He gives readers a first-hand view of Sudan's past as well as an honest appraisal of its future. In the wake of South Sudan's independence, Natsios explores the tensions that remain on both sides. Issues of citizenship, security, oil management, and wealth-sharing all remain unresolved. Human rights issues, particularly surrounding the ongoing violence in Darfur, likewise still clamor for solutions. Informative and accessible, this book introduces readers to the most central issues facing Sudan as it stands on the brink of historic change.

Readership : This book will appeal to anyone interested in the current political situation in Sudan, as well as general readers interested in nation building, human rights, international relations, world history, politics, and culture.

1. A Tale of North and South
2. First and Second Periods of Modern Sudanese History (1821-1898)
3. The Third Period of Modern Sudan (1898-1956) - The Anglo-Egyptian Condominium
4. Fourth Period of Modern Sudan (1956-2005) - Independent Sudan
5. The Fourth Period Continued - The Second Rebellion and the Turabist State
6. The Bashir-Turabi Coup of 1989, the Rise and Fall of Hassan al-Turabi, and U.S. Policy towards Sudan
7. The three wars of Darfur
8. The Comprehensive Peace Agreement, U.S. sanctions on Sudan, John Garang's death, and the implementation challenges of the CPA
9. The Darfur Peace Process
10. The fifth period of Sudanese History (2005-present), Sudan's Future, the Referendum on Southern Independence, the Structure of political and economic power in the North and the South
Glossary of Terms
Bibliography

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Andrew S. Natsios served as Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development from 2001 to 2005, where he was appointed as Special Humanitarian Coordinator for Sudan. He also served as Special Envoy to Sudan from October 2006 to December 2007. He is the author of two previous books, U.S. Foreign Policy and the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse and The Great North Korean Famine.

Sudan at the Brink - Francis Mading Deng
Foreword by Kevin M. Cahill
Famine that Kills - Alex de Waal
War and Survival in Sudan's Frontierlands - Wendy James

Special Features

  • Natsios was U.S envoy to Sudan from 2006 to 2009, and the AID representative to Sudan for the years prior--so a witness during the most crucial decade in the country's existence.
  • The book covers the sweep of Sudan's history, form the civil wars in Darfur through to the recent division of Sudan into two separate counties: Northern Sudan and Southern Sudan. Natsios was invited to attend the ceremonies celebrating the official independence of the Republic of South Sudan on July 9, 2011.
  • The Darfur crisis has created a unique national advocacy movement in the US which has kept the issue alive in American politics.