South Sudan's Civil War - Violence, Insurgency and Failed Peacemaking

A mere two years after achieving independence, South Sudan in 2013 descended into violent civil war, refuting US government claims that the country''s succession was a major foreign policy success and would end endemic conflict. Worse was to follow when the international community declared famine in 2017. In the first book-length study of the South Sudan civil war, John Young draws on his close but critical relationship with the rebel SPLM-IO leadership to reveal the true dynamics of the conflict, and exposes how the South Sudanese state was in crisis long before the outbreak of war.With insider knowledge of the histories and motivations of the rebellion''s chief protagonists, Young argues considerable responsibility for the present state of South Sudan must be laid at the door of the US-led peace process. Linking the role of the international community with the country''s opposition politics, is an essential guide to the causes and consequences of the violence that has engulfed one of Africa''s most troubled nations.>

Product details

• Authors: John Young
• Publisher: Zed Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781786993755
• ISBN: 978-1-78699-375-5
• No. of pages: 264
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, Sudan, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Geopolitics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Peace, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing & Emerging Countries, International Relations, United States of America, USA, Peace studies and conflict resolution, Development Studies, Peace studies & conflict resolution, c 2010 to c 2020, c 2010 to c 2019, Armed Conflict, Civil wars, For higher / tertiary / university education, South Sudan