Saviors and survivors
Subtitle: Darfur, politics, and the War on terror
By: Mahmood Mamdani.
Publisher: Pantheon Books
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 398
ISBN-13: 9780307377234
Subjects: Darfur (Sudan) -- History; Sudan -- History -- Darfur Conflict, 2003-; Sudan -- History; Sudan -- Politics and government; Darfur (Sudan) -- Politics and government; Sudan -- Ethnic relations; Darfur (Sudan) -- Ethnic relations
Description: Examines the crisis in the Darfur region of Sudan in the context of the country's turbulent history, including the Cold War's effect on neighboring Chad's civil war, and how that violence spilled over in Sudan, exacerbating the already severe problems caused by Sudan's tribal conflicts.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Darfur and the global war on terror; title: Writing race into history; title: Sudan and the sultanate of Dar Fur : an alternate perspective; title: A colonial map of race and tribe : making settlers and natives; title: Building nation and state in independent Sudan; title: The aftermath of the Cold War; title: Re-thinking the Darfur crisis; title: Responsibility to protect or right to punish?.