false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173201596m/256311.jpg 256311 4 In mid-2004 the Darfur crisis in Western Sudan forced itself onto the center stage of world affairs. Arab Janjaweed militias, who support the Khartoum government, have engaged in a campaign of violence against the residents of Western Sudan. A formerly obscure `tribal conflict' in the heart of Africa has escalated into the first genocide of the twenty-first century. In sharp contrast to official reaction to the Rwandan massacres, U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell called the situation in Darfur a "genocide" in September 2004. Its characteristics-Arabism, Islamism, famine as a weapon of war, mass rape, international obfuscation, and a refusal to look evil squarely in the face-reflect many of the problems of the global South in general and of Africa in particular. <P>Journalistic explanations of the unfolding humanitarian catastrophe have been given to hurried generalizations and inaccuracies: the genocide has been portrayed as an ethnic clash marked by Arab-on-African violence, with the Janjaweed militias under strict government control, but neither of these impressions is strictly true. Darfur: The Ambiguous Genocide explains what lies behind the conflict, how it came about, why it should not be oversimplified, and why it is so relevant to the future of the continent. <P>Gérard Prunier sets out the ethnopolitical makeup of the Sudan and explains why the Darfur rebellion is regarded as a key threat to Arab power in the country&#151;much more so than secessionism in the Christian South. This, he argues, accounts for the government's deployment of "exemplary violence" by the Janjaweed militias in order to intimidate other African Muslims into subservience. As the world watches; governments decide if, when, and how to intervene; and international organizations struggle to distribute aid, the knowledge in Prunier's book will provide crucial assistance. 248413 2005 Darfur: The Ambiguous Genocide, Revised and Updated Edition total:52|5:16|4:22|3:12|2:2|1:0| 52 208 113 8 3 0 false false Tue Apr 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 02 10:57:45 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 22 20:31:16 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Wed Apr 15 12:21:02 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 15 12:21:42 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat Sep 08 06:01:15 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 08 06:03:22 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 03 09:04:38 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 01 21:01:50 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 31 09:23:21 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 31 09:26:33 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Wed Dec 05 08:16:59 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 05 08:23:37 -0800 2007 5 0 false false Tue Jan 22 10:20:45 -0800 2008 Fri Mar 21 13:10:08 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Sat Sep 13 08:13:12 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 13 08:13:36 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sun Nov 22 15:30:56 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 22 15:30:56 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sun Nov 22 14:34:19 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 22 14:34:19 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Oct 28 08:18:43 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 08:18:43 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Sep 25 00:33:19 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 25 00:33:19 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 23 23:54:37 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 24 00:19:07 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Sep 14 06:55:54 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 06:55:54 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Sep 05 15:24:25 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 05 15:24:25 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Aug 17 21:55:12 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 21:55:12 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Mon Aug 17 00:35:08 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 00:35:08 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Aug 09 07:09:50 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 09 07:09:51 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Jul 29 21:33:44 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 29 21:33:44 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Jul 20 05:27:22 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 05:27:23 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=256311