| Description |
xxiii, 331 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-319) and index. |
| Contents |
List of figures -- List of maps -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Glossary -- Introduction -- 1: Making of modern Sudan: the nineteenth century -- 2: Anglo-Egyptian condominium -- 3: Parliamentary and military experiments in government, 1956-1969 -- 4: Government of Ja'afar Numayri: the heroic years, 1969-1976 -- 5: Government of Ja'afar Numayri : the years of dismay and disintegration, 1976-1985 -- 6: Transitional Military Council and third parliamentary government -- 7: Islamist revolution: the Turabi years, 1989-1996 -- 8: Bashir years: beleaguered and defiant, 1996-2006 -- 9: War and peace in southern Sudan -- 10: Disaster in Darfur -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Select bibliography -- Index. |
| Summary |
From the Publisher: Sudan's modern history has been consumed by revolution and civil war. The country attracted international attention in the 1990s as a breeding ground of Islamist terrorism and recently tensions between the prosperous centre and the periphery, between north and south, have exploded in Darfur. In his latest book, Robert Collins, a frequent visitor and veteran scholar of the region, traces Sudan's history across two hundred years to show how many of the tragedies of today have been planted in its past. The story begins with the conquest of Muhammad 'Ali in 1821, and moves through the Anglo-Egyptian condominium to independence in 1956. It then focuses on Sudanese rule in the post-independence years when the fragile democracy established by the British collapsed under sectarian strife. It is these religious and ethnic divides, the author contends, in conjunction with failed leadership, which have prolonged and sustained the conflict in Sudan. |
| Subject |
Sudan -- History -- 1956-
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Sudan. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
1956- |
| ISBN |
9780521674959 paperback |
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9780521858205 hardback |
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0521858208 hardback |
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0521674956 paperback |
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