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Over the past two decades, the situation in Africa's largest country, Sudan, has progressively deteriorated: the country is in second position on the Failed States Index, a war in Darfur has claimed hundreds of thousands of deaths, President Bashir has been indicted by the International Criminal Court, a forthcoming referendum on independence for Southern Sudan threatens to split the country violently apart. In this fascinating and immensely readable book, the Africa editor of the 'Economist' gives an absorbing account of Sudan's descent into failure and what some have called genocide. Drawing on interviews with many of the main players, Richard Cockett explains how and why Sudan has disintegrated, looking in particular at the country's complex relationship with the wider world. He shows how the United States and Britain were initially complicit in Darfur - but also how a broad coalition of human-rights activists, right-wing Christians, and opponents of slavery succeeded in bringing the issues to prominence in the United States and creating an impetus for change at the highest level.

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'Cockett's account, as befits an editor at the Economist, is unsentimental, well sourced and eminently readable.' --Colin Murphy, Irish Times

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Richard Cockett has been Africa Editor of the 'Economist' since 2005. He was previously a senior lecturer in politics and history at University College London.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Yale University Press (29 Jun. 2010)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0300162731
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0300162738
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 15.88 x 2.54 x 23.5 cm

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- 199 in History of Sudan
- 987 in History of Eastern Africa
- 1,624 in History of Northern Africa

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Becky

Comprehensive and Well-Written

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 25 October 2011

I would like to echo P.A. Doornbos' review. This is an excellent book. It gives a real insight into the intrigues of politics, diplomacy and war. You never feel short-changed on information but neither is it too much to absorb due to Cockett's wonderful writing style.

After reading this I felt I had a good understanding of Sudan's recent history and the reasons for various incidents. Cockett covers General Gordon's escapades and discusses the British legacy but mostly focuses on the events with which we are more familiar: Sudan's links to terrorism, Darfur, the CPA and the South.

The only drawback is that the book was written and published in 2010 and so does not contain the most up to date information on the separation of South Sudan. However, Cockett draws reasonable conclusions and nothing he says is inaccurate.

An easy, enjoyable and educational read!

Finally, I bought the Kindle edition and I always think it's a good idea to comment on the layout for ebooks. The Kindle edition is well laid out and easy to navigate. It even includes photos (I don't know if they are in colour in the paperback but they are evocative enough in black and white). So, apart from the price, there shouldn't be any concerns about getting the electronic version. As I am now living in Sudan, I didn't want to lug loads of books with me - the Kindle is perfect for my lifestyle)

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Alfred J. Kwak

Complicated story well told

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 8 July 2010

RC's dividend from his 5 years as Africa editor of 'The Economist' is an ambitious, challenging, well-structured and -written book about "what the hell went wrong with Sudan since independence". In 1956, its future looked promising, thanks to almost six decades of careful and intelligent institution building by a numerically small, but superbly-educated British caste of high-minded administrators. From Khartoum, and with minimal budgets, they made key decisions in transport (railways, river transport) and economic investment( e.g. the Gezira scheme), which at independence, were clearly defined centres of activity, condemning the rest of Sudan to marginality, except for the population living along the Nile north of Khartoum, who overwhelmingly formed the local supervisory staff of these ventures.
Until 1956, the northern and southern halves of Sudan had long been kept apart and were ill-prepared to live with one another in the new, post-colonial era. War erupted in 1955 and continued until 1972. The (post-)colonial heritage has always been criticized and used as an excuse for a lot of the subsequent policy mistakes and mayhem, time and again, by Sudan's rulers and its Western-educated academics. They surely have a point, or some point.
RC has written a fast-paced book based on interviews with informants in the US, UK, Kenya and all over Sudan, and has relied on only a selection of the written sources available. He has avoided too much detail and refused to be drawn into academic disputes. Good recent accounts exist about the wars in Darfur and the South. This is the first book investigating Sudan's internal conflicts in its Southern, Western and Eastern regions at a time when the regime was (and perhaps still is)under suspicion of supporting worldwide terrorism.
In the general picture sketched by RC of the horrific events during the first decade of the 21st century, the author apportions blame to every stakeholder and actor. A smell of roses is absent in this book. Some of RCs assessments are eye openers:
(1) How the evil, shifty and callous manipulator Hassan El Turabi connived to provide a refuge and bases for terrorists, how he destroyed the education system, strangled the educated middle class and bewitched the minds of many non-Arab people with promises of respect. Instead, they received bombs and bullets. Turabi did so, carefully, in non-executive roles and cannot be put on trial for the damage he caused.
(2) How little Sudan's policy makers in North and South learn from past mistakes, and,
(3) How the absolute determination to stay in power of three tribes accounting for 6% of the population, continues to shape Sudan's fate.
Writing in April 2010, RC is pessimistic. His account of the objectives of Western governments, US intelligence, UN bodies and NGOs providing life-saving humanitarian aid, shows deep gaps in terms of desired outcomes, which are happily, exultantly, in a back-slapping mode, exploited by the Sudan government and its very effective corps of diplomats. The "Save Darfur Coalition" is shown to have frustrated other US objectives and having had no impact on the lives of 3 million IDPs.
Sadly, the semi-autonomous Southern region is shown by RC to be ruled by self-serving, ex-military incompetents from a narrow tribal base, who try to do things in the Khartoum manner, the only model they know of. In 2009, some 2.500 people were killed in tribal fights, more than in Darfur that year. And both the North and the South are re-arming heavily. Taxpayers worldwide will soon be paying for the humanitarian aid needed to provide succour to victims of the next prolonged bout of violence to defend two regimes with little legitimacy in one state.
What angers this reviewer is the plight and plain suffering of NGOs and their staff determined to render help, clean up after the GOS strikes against its own citizens again and again. But, as RC argues, the concept of humanitarianism is also in need of rethinking. Too many ugly, vicious regimes are kept afloat thanks to NGOs providing key services.
RC has written a deep book, a rich, well-argued diagnosis of Sudan's endless problems. His polite form of speech always supersedes feelings of pure disgust and anger. Required reading for diplomats and persons organising their training, and for any other institution intent on making an impact with funds or personnel earmarked for Sudan.

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