Famine That Kills: Darfur, Sudan

by Alex de Waal

Book Overview

In 2004, Darfur, Sudan was described as the "world's greatest humanitarian crisis." Twenty years previously, Darfur was also the site of a disastrous famine. Famine that Kills is a seminal account of that famine, and a social history of the region. In a new preface prepared for this revised edition, Alex de Waal analyzes the roots of the current conflict in land disputes, social disruption and impoverishment. Despite vast changes in the nature of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195181638
• ISBN13: 9780195181630
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 8.1"