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The First Sudanese Civil War: Africans, Arabs, and Israelis in the Southern Sudan, 1955-1972
By
Scopas S. Poggo, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of African American and African Studies The Ohio State University Ohio, USA
Brief Summary: The First Sudanese Civil War is a comprehensive investigation, discussion, and analysis of the origins and development of the first civil war in the Sudan which occurred between 1955 and 1972. It was the culmination of ethnic, racial, cultural, religious, political, and economic problems that faced the Sudan since the Turco-Egyptian conquest of the country in 1821 The hostilities between the Northern and Southern regions of the Sudan also involved foreign powers that had their own geopolitical interests in the country. The first civil war is a classic example of intra-regional and inter-regional conflicts in Africa in the 20th century.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface Introduction Chapter 1: Ethnicity and Race in Modern Sudan Chapter 2: The Torit Mutiny of 1955: Its Causes and Failure Chapter 3: Legacy of the Failed Mutiny: Government Repression and Rise of the Resistance Movement Chapter 4: Government Counterinsurgency Methods, 1955-1972 Chapter 5: General Abboud’s Response: Repression, Islamization, and Arabization, 1958-64 Chapter 6: Emergence of Southern Sudanese Political Movements, 1960-72 Chapter 7: Reorganization and Consolidation of the Guerrilla Movement, 1963-71 Chapter 8: External Political and Military Involvement in Sudan’s Civil War, 1960-72 Chapter 9: The Road to Peace, 1969-72 Conclusion Endnotes to chapters Bibliography Index
Copyright: Scopas S. Poggo. First Edition. The First Sudanese Civil War. February 2009. Palgrave Macmillan Distributed in the UK, Europe, USA, and the rest of the World by Palgrave Macmillan. Check Palgrave Macmillan’s website and Amazon.com for orders.
The First Sudanese Civil War
Africans, Arabs, and Israelis in the Southern Sudan, 1955-1972 Scopas S. Poggo
"Poggo, a refugee from the southern Sudan, adds to knowledge of this war-torn country with a detailed account of the first civil war between the north and the south, which raged between 1955 and 1972. The discussion is distinguished by some fine firsthand reports by southern participants and a full consideration of external forces, which included Egypt, other Arab nations, neighboring African states, the Soviet Union, and the U.S. Recommended." -CHOICE
This book is a comprehensive investigation, discussion, and analysis of the origins and development of the first civil war in the Sudan, which occurred between 1955 and 1972. It was the culmination of ethnic, racial, cultural, religious, political, and economic problems that had faced the Sudan since the Turco-Egyptian conquest of the country in 1821. The hostilities between the Northern and Southern regions of the Sudan also involved foreign powers that had their own geopolitical interests in the country. The first Sudanese civil war is a classic example of intra-regional and inter-regional conflicts in Africa in the twentieth century.
SCOPAS S. POGGO is an Assistant Professor of African American and African Studies at The Ohio State University.
0-230-11788-0 || 280 Pages || $30.00 PB || June 2011
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