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Emma's War: A True Story of Love and Death in Sudan - Aid Worker, Warlord, Radical Islam & Oil Politics | Nonfiction Book About African Conflicts & Humanitarian Crisis
Emma's War: A True Story of Love and Death in Sudan - Aid Worker, Warlord, Radical Islam & Oil Politics | Nonfiction Book About African Conflicts & Humanitarian Crisis

Emma's War: A True Story of Love and Death in Sudan - Aid Worker, Warlord, Radical Islam & Oil Politics | Nonfiction Book About African Conflicts & Humanitarian Crisis" (使用场景: Perfect for history enthusiasts, political science students, and readers interested in African conflicts, humanitarian work, or geopolitical narratives.)

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Emma McCune’s passion for Africa, her unstinting commitment to the children of Sudan, and her youthful beauty and glamour set her apart from other relief workers from the moment she arrived in southern Sudan. But no one was prepared for her decision to marry a local warlord—a man who seemed to embody everything she was working against—and to throw herself into his violent quest to take over southern Sudan’s rebel movement.With precision and insight, Deborah Scroggins—who met McCune in Sudan—charts the process by which McCune’s romantic delusions led to her descent into the hell of Africa’s longest-running civil war. Emma’s War is at once a disturbing love story and an up-close look at Sudan: a world where international aid fuels armies as well as the starving population, and where the northern-based Islamic government—backed by Osama bin Laden—is locked in a war with the Christian and pagan south over religion, oil, and slaves.A timely, revelatory account of the nature of relief work, of the men and women who choose to carry it out, and of one woman’s sacrifice to its ideals.

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This is an excellent book about the history of the Sudan. The many complexities that have influenced the politics of the area, which is not limited to just Sudan, but extends to Ethiopia, Somalia, and even Syria and Iraq, are explained in a very conversational style. I had not read this book when I was working with MSF in South Sudan. But reading it now helps me understand, at least a little bit, what I was seeing. The human suffering that can take place at the whim of a warlord is hard to understand from a distance.The book nearly brings us to the present day and is able to tie together the many aspects of Africa, including colonialism, radical Islamism, tribal warring, famine, and even the politics of oil.If I were to suggest one thing to the author, that would be to include maps of the area. Having been there had a pretty good idea of where things were, but to other readers, I think that it would be very helpful in understanding the area.