Darfur's Sorrow: A History of Destruction and Genocide - Hardcover

Daly, M. W.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521876184 ISBN 13: 9780521876186

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2007

Synopsis

Darfur is a region set apart, huge, remote and poverty stricken. Its people are today locked in conflict, terrorised by the lawless Arab militia known as janjawid. As M.W. Daly explains, the roots of the crisis lie deep in Darfur's past. Tracing the story from the origins of the Fur state in the seventeenth century to Darfur's annexation by the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, he shows how years of neglect left the region unprepared for independence. This complex story is told with compassion, insight and a strong sense of place.

About this title

Book Description:

A compelling analysis of the Darfur crisis. Tracing ithe story from the origins of the Fur state in the seventeenth century to Darfur's annexation, M.W. Daly shows how years of neglect left the region unprepared for independence. This complex story is told with compassion and a strong sense of place.

About the Author:

M. W. Daly is the author of many books and articles on the history of the modern Middle East and Northeast Africa, including Imperial Sudan: the Anglo-Egyptian Condominium, 1934-1956 (1991), and, with P.M. Holt, A history of the Sudan: From the Coming of Islam to the Present Day, now in its fifth edition. He is the General Editor of the Cambridge History of Egypt, and has contributed over a hundred articles and reviews to scholarly journals.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0521876184
• ISBN 13: 9780521876186
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 288