Inside Sudan: Political Islam, Conflict, And Catastrophe

Sudan, governed by an Islamist dictatorship, became a pariah nation among the global community not because of its religious orientation but because of its record of human-rights abuses and its fostering of notorious international terrorists. As the last American ambassador to complete an assignment in Sudan, Don Petterson provides unduplicated insights into how Sudan became what it is. Petterson recounts the consequences of the execution of four Sudanese employees of the U.S. government by Sudanese security forces in the southern city of Juba. He relates the experiences of Americans in Khartoum after Washington put Sudan on the black list of state sponsors of terrorism. He offers his personal observations on war-devastated southern Sudan. In this newly revised edition of Inside Sudan, Petterson recounts the events in Sudan from 1998 to the present, considers Sudan's connections to international terrorists, including Carlos the Jackal and Osama bin Laden, and assesses the changes in the relationship between Sudan and the United States after 9/11.

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Inside Sudan: Political Islam, Conflict, And Catastrophe

Sudan, governed by an Islamist dictatorship, became a pariah nation among the global community not because of its religious orientation but because of its record of human-rights abuses and its fostering of notorious international terrorists. As the last American ambassador to complete an assignment in Sudan, Don Petterson provides unduplicated insights into how Sudan became what it is. Petterson recounts the consequences of the execution of four Sudanese employees of the U.S. government by Sudanese security forces in the southern city of Juba. He relates the experiences of Americans in Khartoum after Washington put Sudan on the black list of state sponsors of terrorism. He offers his personal observations on war-devastated southern Sudan. In this newly revised edition of Inside Sudan, Petterson recounts the events in Sudan from 1998 to the present, considers Sudan's connections to international terrorists, including Carlos the Jackal and Osama bin Laden, and assesses the changes in the relationship between Sudan and the United States after 9/11.

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Inside Sudan: Political Islam, Conflict, And Catastrophe

Inside Sudan: Political Islam, Conflict, And Catastrophe

by Donald Petterson
Inside Sudan: Political Islam, Conflict, And Catastrophe

Inside Sudan: Political Islam, Conflict, And Catastrophe

by Donald Petterson

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Sudan, governed by an Islamist dictatorship, became a pariah nation among the global community not because of its religious orientation but because of its record of human-rights abuses and its fostering of notorious international terrorists. As the last American ambassador to complete an assignment in Sudan, Don Petterson provides unduplicated insights into how Sudan became what it is. Petterson recounts the consequences of the execution of four Sudanese employees of the U.S. government by Sudanese security forces in the southern city of Juba. He relates the experiences of Americans in Khartoum after Washington put Sudan on the black list of state sponsors of terrorism. He offers his personal observations on war-devastated southern Sudan. In this newly revised edition of Inside Sudan, Petterson recounts the events in Sudan from 1998 to the present, considers Sudan's connections to international terrorists, including Carlos the Jackal and Osama bin Laden, and assesses the changes in the relationship between Sudan and the United States after 9/11.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780813341118
Publisher: Basic Books
Publication date: 08/14/2003
Edition description: Revised
Pages: 288
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.70(d)
Lexile: 1290L (what's this?)

About the Author

In thirty-five years with the Foreign Service, Donald Petterson has served as U.S. ambassador to Sudan, Somalia, and Tanzania. After his retirement in 1995, he was called back into the Foreign Service to take over the US embassy in Liberia. His previous books include Inside Sudan: Political Islam, Conflict, and Catastrophe. He lives in New Hampshire.

Table of Contents

Prefaceix
Prologuexii
Mapxiv
1 Getting There1
2 Sudan5
3 Welcome13
4 The Troubles Begin19
5 The Displaced29
6 Hanging In35
7 Into Southern Sudan51
8 From Bad to Worse69
9 Making Adjustments79
10 Tragedy in Southern Sudan Deepens93
11 A Spring of Little Promise109
12 No Peace in Our Time121
13 The Reasons Why135
14 More Events in Khartoum and Elsewhere141
15 Working with the United Nations153
16 New Year, Same Old Problems159
17 The End of the Road167
Epilogue181
Notes191
Index197
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