Omar al-Bashir and Africa's longest war
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6028443 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Willow Berridge (0000-0001-7930-6106, University of Northampton, corresponding author), W J Berridge |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 115 |
| Issue | 461 |
| Pages | 772-773 |
| Publication date | 2016-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | African Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0001-9909 • E-ISSN: 1468-2621 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/afraf/adw060 |
| OpenAlex | W2526025787 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
The blurb of this text describes it as being simultaneously the ‘first authoritative biography’ of Sudan's much-maligned President Umar al-Bashir as well as a ‘comprehensive military history of Sudan’. This unusual combination leads to something of a hotchpotch structure. Chapters 1 to 3, which act as a potted military and political history of Sudan up until 1989, are evidently not rooted in original research and are marred by a number of tangents that narrate the personal experiences of imperial Britons in Sudan. Chapter 4 is the only one to fulfil the requirements of a standard biography, exploiting interviews with relatives, colleagues, and inhabitants of al-Bashir's home town of Sarasir to form a picture of his early life and military career up until 1989. Chapters 5 to 8 blend military history with political analysis, first discussing al-Bashir's rise to power in alliance with his Islamist mentor Hasan al-Turabi and then eventual rift with the latter, then narrating the military conduct of the wars in the south and west, as well as related peace negotiations. Chapters 9 and 10 assess the International Criminal Court's indictment of al-Bashir and the secession of South Sudan respectively, whereas Chapter 11 takes the story up to the present.
Alliance · Ancient history · Biography · Indictment · Negotiation · Political science · Politics · Power (physics) · Statue · Global Political and Social Dynamics · History · Law
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,38 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2022 (5) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |