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Scramble for Africa : Darfur-intervention and the USA / Kevin Funk & Steven Fake.
Van Pelt Library DT159.6.D27 F86 2009
By Request
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Funk, Kevin.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Humanitarian intervention.
- Peacekeeping forces.
- International relations.
- Sudan--History--Darfur Conflict, 2003-.
- Sudan.
- History.
- United States--Foreign relations--Sudan.
- United States.
- Sudan--Foreign relations--United States.
- Peacekeeping forces--Sudan--Darfur.
- Save Darfur Coalition.
- Humanitarian intervention--Africa.
- Africa.
- Sudan--Darfur.
- Local Subjects:
- Save Darfur Coalition.
- Physical Description:
- xl, 301 pages : map ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Montreal ; New York : Black Rose Books, [2009]
- Summary:
- As massive human suffering continues to engulf the Darfur region of Sudan, the crisis has garnered a rhetorical circus of saber-rattling and hand wringing from Western politicians, media, and activists. Yet such bluster has not halted the violence.
- In a careful, yet scathing, indictment of this constellation of holier-than-thou government leaders, corporate media outlets, and spoon-fed NGOs, Steven Fake and Kevin Funk reveal the myriad ways in which the West has failed Darfur.
- Eschewing liberal fantasies of Western benevolence, Fake and Funk unmask the hard reality behind "humanitarian intervention" advocacy, painting a disturbing portrait of Washington's past and present relations with some of the worst elements in power in Khartoum.
- Contents:
- 2 A Snapshot of the Conflict 5
- 3 A Brief History of Western Relations with Sudan 26
- 4 Adversary or Ally? Current Relations between Washington and Khartoum 49
- 5 US Interest in Sudan and the African Continent 55
- 6 The Doctrine of Humanitarian Intervention-The Mice Would Be Disciplined, But the Lions Would Be Free 61
- 7 UN Peacekeeping in Darfur 86
- 8 Darfur Activism-Aiding the Victims or the Superpower? 106.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [131]-294) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781551643236
- 1551643235
- 9781551643229
- 1551643227
- OCLC:
- 216936784
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