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Darfur: The Ambiguous Genocide (Crises in World Politics)
Gérard Prunier
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Description for Darfur: The Ambiguous Genocide (Crises in World Politics)
Hardcover. Series: Crises in World Politics. Num Pages: 236 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1HBS; 3JM; HBJH; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 194 x 18. Weight in Grams: 330.
In mid-2004 the Darfur crisis in Western Sudan forced itself on to the centre stage of world affairs. A formerly obscure 'tribal conflict' in the heart of Africa has escalated into what could be the first genocide of the twenty-first century. Its characteristics - Arabism, Islamism, African consciousness, famine as a weapon of war, mass rape, international obfuscation and a refusal to look evil squarely in the face - reflect many of the problems of the global South in general and Africa in particular. Because of the urgent need for knowledge about this humanitarian catastrophe, journalistic explanations of the unfolding ... Read more
In mid-2004 the Darfur crisis in Western Sudan forced itself on to the centre stage of world affairs. A formerly obscure 'tribal conflict' in the heart of Africa has escalated into what could be the first genocide of the twenty-first century. Its characteristics - Arabism, Islamism, African consciousness, famine as a weapon of war, mass rape, international obfuscation and a refusal to look evil squarely in the face - reflect many of the problems of the global South in general and Africa in particular. Because of the urgent need for knowledge about this humanitarian catastrophe, journalistic explanations of the unfolding ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Number of pages
236
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Series
Crises in World Politics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
236
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781850657705
SKU
V9781850657705
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Ref
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About Gérard Prunier
A renowned analyst of East Africa, the Horn, Sudan and the Great Lakes, Gerard Prunier is a research professor at the University of Paris and author of The Rwanda Crisis: History of a Genocide (Hurst, 1992) and of From Genocide to Continental War: The Congolese Conflict and the Crisis of Contemporary Africa (Hurst, 2005, see p. 26).
Reviews for Darfur: The Ambiguous Genocide (Crises in World Politics)
'A passionate and highly readable account of the current tragedy that combines intimate knowledge of the region's history, politics, and sociology with a telling cynicism about the polite but ineffectual diplomatic efforts to end it. It is the best account available of the Darfur crisis.'
Foreign Affairs
'A fierce logic at the service of a powerful moral purpose'. ... Read more
Foreign Affairs
'A fierce logic at the service of a powerful moral purpose'. ... Read more