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Omar Al-Bashir and Africa's Longest War Kindle Edition

by Paul L. Moorcraft (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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President Omar al-Bashir is Africa's and arguably Arabia's most controversial leader. In power since 1989, he is the first sitting head of state to be issued with an arrest warrant, for war crimes, by International Criminal Court.He has been a central personality in Islamic and African politics, as well as a love-to-hate figure for the US in the 'war on terror'.For military history readers, Al-Bashir is a field marshal who has fought possibly the world's longest conflict. Modern Sudan has been embroiled in war since 1955.No proper biography has been written on him before. Nor has there been a comprehensive military history of Sudan. The book briefly covers the military background until independence. Then it dissects the long north-south civil war until Bashir's Islamist military coup in 1989. Thereafter it narrates the wars in the east, south, west (in Darfur), International political and military intervention is also factored in.The author draws on in-depth one-on-one interviews with Bashir himself and his family and close political, military and intelligence colleagues.
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Professor Paul Moorcraft has frontline experience reporting on over 20 years, from A-Z, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, as a correspondent for print, radio and TV for nearly 40 years. He is currently Visiting Professor at Cardiff University and Director of the Centre for Foreign Policy Analysis, London.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00WQ4QUCU
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Pen & Sword Military (April 30, 2015)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 30, 2015
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 18.3 MB
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    5.0 out of 5 stars The world Criminal state of Sudan
    Reviewed in the United States on July 12, 2018
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    One of the most interesting book about Sudan longest war, and Human right violation by war parties.
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    Reviewed in the United States on July 12, 2018
    One of the most interesting book about Sudan longest war, and Human right violation by war parties.
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  • Scott Bailey
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    Covers the history from a political/military perspective leading up and thru Bashir history as the leader of this country and the many conflicts that went through this area many pictures.
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  • Wendy G
    5.0 out of 5 stars Back-story of the current war in Sudan
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 25, 2023
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    If, like me you have no idea what has caused the terrible new war in Sudan, (2023 as I read it) this book will give you excellent background information. Written in 2019/20 before this current war, Professor Moorcraft's usual elegant style makes all the technical detail very accessible, and the characters very recognisable.
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  • Thomas
    5.0 out of 5 stars Gutes Buch.
    Reviewed in Germany on March 5, 2016
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    Ausführliches und gut geschriebenes Buch. Sehr Informativ und gut recherchiert. Außerdem sehr viele und gute Photos zum Thema bzw. Zur Person und seinen Anhängern.
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  • Alan Marrin
    5.0 out of 5 stars A man and his nation
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 5, 2015
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    This is a well written review of one of the most enigmatic African leaders and least understood countries.Moorcraft is obviously well connected and utilises those connections to provide an entertaining and up to date picture of a vast country that has not enjoyed the best press for a number of years,starting with General Gordon!
    For anyone with a general interest in Africa and certainly for anyone planning a visit the book will be useful. It isn't a dry academic treatise and even manages to introduce some amusing tales and anecdotes into a history that has often been tragic and, on occasions, brutal
    Al-Bashir is given a fair treatment and for a man with a particularly negative image in the West emerges as an interesting and,perhaps, somewhat misunderstood man, although there is no attempt to brush over the appalling abuses that have occurred in a long period in power.
    If you want an up to date picture of an African state which,potentially, could have a bright future but also a warts and all account of the casualties inflicted in getting there this is the book for you.
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  • Ant
    5.0 out of 5 stars it has significance for an better grasp of the whole global geopolitical scene today
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 28, 2015
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    Professor Paul Moorcraft is a incisive analyst of the politics and history of a key region much overlooked and much misunderstood by the average reader in all the focus on the Arab Spring elsewhere and the remaking of neighbouring states both in Africa in the Middle East. His account of the realpolitik of the Western and Eastern major players is telling and told well: it has significance for an better grasp of the whole global geopolitical scene today. Moreover it is based on real experience, much being written in the first hand from many interviews with key players where he has been brave enough to ask the questions others may fear to ask, and been rewarded with some straight answers. A great read.
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