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Revolutionary Sudan : Hasan al-Turabi and the Islamist state, 1989-2000 / by J. Millard Burr and Robert O. Collins.
Van Pelt Library DT157.673 .B867 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Burr, Millard.
- Series:
- Social, economic, and political studies of the Middle East and Asia 1385-3376 ; v. 90.
- Social, economic and political studies of the Middle East and Asia, 1385-3376 ; v. 90
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sudan--Politics and government--1985-.
- Sudan.
- Politics and government.
- Turābī, Ḥasan.
- Islam and politics--Sudan.
- Islam and politics.
- Islam and state--Sudan.
- Islam and state.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 300 pages : map ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2003.
- Summary:
- This book provides new sources and information on the first decade of the revolutionary Sudan (1989-2000) and the role played by its principal ideologue, Hasan al-Turabi until his downfall in 2000.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 The Islamist Revolution 1
- The National Salvation Revolutionary Command Council Confirms Its Authority 9
- Securing the Revolution 12
- The People's Defense Force 16
- A Brave New Islamic World 19
- Chapter 2 Foreign Policy Initiatives 25
- The Egyptian Reaction 26
- Pan-Islamic Sentiments 27
- Revolutionary Connections: Iran and Libya 30
- The Tripoli Relationship 33
- War, the OAU, and President Mubarak 36
- Rejecting the Peace Process 38
- Islamists, Mubarak, and the Sudan 40
- The Consolidation of the Revolution 45
- Iraq Invades Kuwait 49
- The Disintegration of Ethiopia 53
- Chapter 3 The Return of Hasan al-Turabi 55
- The Popular Arab and Islamic Congress 56
- The First Congress 58
- The Arrival of Osama Bin Laden and Al Qaeda 63
- At Home in the Sudan 69
- Turabi Triumphant 73
- The Sudan and the Arabs 75
- Iran and the Sudan 79
- Chapter 4 The NIF Takes Charge 87
- The Price for the Islamist World 90
- Turabi the Traveler 94
- Turabi: Assault and Recovery 98
- The Egyptian Connection 100
- The Halayib Embroglio 103
- The Saudi Reaction 106
- The Uneasy Sudan-Uganda Relationship 107
- Chapter 5 The United States and the NIF 109
- Somalia 112
- Herman Cohen and the Sudan 117
- The New York World Trade Center Bombing 120
- The United States, Sudan, and Somalia 124
- Humanitarian Missions 127
- Chapter 6 State Sponsored Terrorism 130
- The United States and Sudan Sponsored Terrorism 133
- Hasan al-Turabi and the Second Popular Arab and Islamic Congress 137
- Sudanese Islamists Beyond the Sudan 139
- The Bosnia Connection 142
- The Sudan, Yemen, and Egypt 147
- Chapter 7 The French Connection 150
- Carlos the Jackal 156
- The Aftermath of L'Affaire Carlos 161
- Chapter 8 The Islamic Conference, the Middle East, Europe, and Africa 164
- The Iran-Iraq-Sudan Axis and Bosnia 171
- The Sudanese Opposition Begins to Revive 174
- The Inter-Governmental Authority on Drought and Development 177
- Chapter 9 The Plot to Assassinate President Mubarak and the Sudan 186
- The Attempt to Assassinate Hosni Mubarak 188
- Sudan Intelligence Agencies and the Sudan Allied Forces 195
- The Isolation of the Sudan 198
- Thunder on the Nile 201
- Eritrea, Uganda, Ethiopia, and the Sudan 205
- Chapter 10 Searching for Friends, Surrounded by Enemies 210
- Hasan al-Turabi and the National Council 212
- Osama bin Laden for Sale 216
- Egyptian Sudanese Rapproachement 220
- The Khobar Towers Bombing 222
- Subtle Changes in the Sudan 224
- The Flight of Sadiq al-Mahdi 226
- Chapter 11 Arakis, Oil, and China 231
- Drilling for Black Gold 232
- The Oil Economics of NIF 234
- Arakis Takes Charge 240
- Arakis, Stockholders, and Khartoum 243
- The Chinese and Sudan Oil 246
- Chapter 12 The End of an Islamist Experiment 253
- Ruling the Sudan 256
- The Stigma of Terrorism 257
- The Embassy Bombings and the Al-Shifa Reaction 259
- The Search for Peace 262
- Bashir, Turabi, and the Struggle for Power 265
- Oil Again 274
- Turabi's Last Hurrah 277.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [281]-282) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9004131965
- OCLC:
- 51942661
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