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First Printing of Third Edition; Cornell Paperbacks (2008) ISBN-13: 978-0801475030 Weight: 10.2 ounces Dimensions: 5.04 x 0.73 x 7.44” Pages: 252 Publisher: Cornell University Press; Third edition (October 6, 2008) Jacket Photograph: Sven Torfinn / Panos Pictures; Northwest Darfur, Sudan, August (2004) Printed in the U.S.A. Condition: Excellent, lightly used Description: 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 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.
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Examines the political, economic, and cultural factors that led to the 2004 Darfur crisis in Western Sudan, during which Arab Janjaweed militias engaged in a campaign of violence against the residents...
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