Requiem for the Sudan - War, Drought, and Disaster Relief on the Nile

This book illustrates with great clarity the convoluted relationship that relief agencies had with the Sudanese government as they tried to negotiate the means of survival for the area's desperate population. It explores the complex and tangled course of events in the Sudan.

List of contents

Preface -- Introduction -- The Death of a Dream -- The Politics of Food -- Battering the Dispossessed -- Starvation in the South -- The International Response -- Operation Lifeline Sudan -- The Return of the Military -- The Junta Is Challenged -- Escalating the War and Reducing Relief -- Conclusion: A Decade of Despair

About the author

J. Millard Burr

Summary

This book illustrates with great clarity the convoluted relationship that relief agencies had with the Sudanese government as they tried to negotiate the means of survival for the area's desperate population. It explores the complex and tangled course of events in the Sudan.

Product details

• Authors: J Millard Burr, J. Millard Burr, J. Millard Collins Burr, Burr J. Millard, Robert O Collins, Robert O. Collins
• Publisher: Perseus Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.10.1994
• EAN: 9780813321219
• ISBN: 978-0-8133-2121-9
• No. of pages: 385
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Sudan, Economics, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disasters & Disaster Relief, HISTORY / Military / General, military history, Aid & relief programmes, Aid and relief programmes