Table of Contents

Preface
Chapter 1: Introduction: The Quest for Unity that Further Disunited
Chapter 2: Military Regimes and the Divisive Quest for a Unified National Identity
Chapter 3: Arab Nationalism and Revolts in Sudan's Peripheries
Chapter 4: Threat of Disintegration: Race, Religion and the North-South Wars
Chapter 5: A Deadly Combination: Militant Islam and Oil Production
Chapter 6: Insurgency and Retaliation
Chapter 7: Sudan and the Rest of the World: The Search for Peace and Regional Security
Chapter 8: Conclusion: Which Way Sudan?
Bibliography

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"A powerful and exhaustively documented account of the suffering imposed on the people of Sudan by successive regimes in Khartoum, and by the rebel armies that have risen up to oppose them. Vividly illuminated by detailed political analysis, it should be read by all those concerned with the future of Sudan." John Ryle - writer, anthropologist and Chairman of Rift Valley Institute "Masterful and intense; passionately critical and solidly informed - Jok Madut Jok has done it again with his very current and poignant Sudan: Race, Religion and Violence." Richard Lobban - Professor and Chair of Anthropology, Rhode Island College, and Executive Director o "This is clearly a very personal account by JMJ and that is much of its strength. His inclusion of much material deriving from his direct contact with people in many parts of the country is a valuable and unique contribution to the literature on Sudan." Peter Woodward - Professor of Politics, University of Reading, and author of Sudan 1898-1989: The Un

About the Author

Jok Madut Jok is Assistant Professor of History at Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles. He has published numerous books and articles including War and Slavery in Sudan.

Reviews

"This is clearly a very personal account by JMJ and that is much of its strength. His inclusion of much material deriving from his direct contact with people in many parts of the country is a valuable and unique contribution to the literature on Sudan." Peter Woodward - Professor of Politics, University of Reading, and author of "Sudan 1898-1989: The Unstable State"