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Reccomended Readings
White Nile, Black Blood: War, Leadership, and Ethnicity from Khartoum to Kampala
by Jay Spaulding and Stephanie Beswick, eds.
A series of scholarly essays on the history of the Sudan; each chapter illustrates how the conflict in Sudan has become more embroiled over time.
War of Visions: Conflicts of Identities in the Sudan
by Francis Deng
Sudan's former ambassador to the U.S., Canada and Scandinavia, now a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, Deng examines the civil war and its concerns with race, culture and identity, and provides three possible solutions for ending the crisis.
Sudan: Policy Options Amid Civil War (WPF Reports #26)
by Rachel Gisselquist
"Sudan: Policy Options Amid Civil War" discusses the long-running civil war in the Sudan. The report evaluates the available options for ending the war and achieving a sustainable peace. Though peace negotiations began in 2002, the outcome is highly uncertain and the country remains deeply divided. The report discusses the exploitation of petroleum resources, the slavery question, terrorism, and humanitarian responses to the war.
State Failure and State Weakness in a Time of Terror
by Robert I. Rotberg (ed.)
Features the chapter: "The Sudan: A Successfully Failed State" by Gerard Prunie and Rachel Gisselquist
Inside Sudan: Political Islam, Conflict, and Catastrophe, rev. updated ed.
by Donald Petterson
Former U.S. ambassador provides his account of the conflict in the Sudan, with personal insight as well as historical background.