Emma's War

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Biograpy /Current Affairs
Winner of the Ridenhour Book Prize
A Mew York Times Notable Book
"Breathtaking and beautifully written____Scroggins weaves the greater
issues of Sudan around [Emma] McCune's idealism." —USA Today
Tall, striking, and adventurous to a fault, young British relief worker Emma
McCune came to Sudan determined to make a difference in a country decimat-
ed by the longest-running civil war in Africa. She became a near legend in the
bullet-scarred, famine-ridden country, but her eventual marriage to a rebel war-
lord made international headlines—and spelled disastrous consequences for her
ideals.
Enriched by Deborah Scroggins's firsthand experience as an award-winning jour-
nalist in Sudan, this unforgettable account of Emma McCune's tragically short life
also provides an up-close look at the volatile politics in the region. It's a world
where international aid fuels armies as well as the starving population, and where
the northern-based Islamic... Tovább

Fülszöveg

Biograpy /Current Affairs
Winner of the Ridenhour Book Prize
A Mew York Times Notable Book
"Breathtaking and beautifully written____Scroggins weaves the greater
issues of Sudan around [Emma] McCune's idealism." —USA Today
Tall, striking, and adventurous to a fault, young British relief worker Emma
McCune came to Sudan determined to make a difference in a country decimat-
ed by the longest-running civil war in Africa. She became a near legend in the
bullet-scarred, famine-ridden country, but her eventual marriage to a rebel war-
lord made international headlines—and spelled disastrous consequences for her
ideals.
Enriched by Deborah Scroggins's firsthand experience as an award-winning jour-
nalist in Sudan, this unforgettable account of Emma McCune's tragically short life
also provides an up-close look at the volatile politics in the region. It's a world
where international aid fuels armies as well as the starving population, and where
the northern-based Islamic government—with ties to Osama bin Laden—is
locked in a war with the Christian and pagan south over religion, oil, and slaves.
Tying together these vastly disparate forces as well as Emma's own role in the
problems of the region, Emma's War is at once a disturbing love story and a fasci-
nating exploration of the moral quandaries behind humanitarian aid.
"Brilliantly penetrating____In [Emma McCune] Scroggins has found a
feckless, captivating subject, as insufferable as the white man's insatiable
need for redemption in Africa____Scroggins undoes every illusion about
aid, hunger and rebellion." —The Washington Post
"A wonderful, challenging book____One of the best that I have ever read
on the difficult relationship between the developed world and the Third
World." —Wil lia m S h aw cross, Sunday Times (London) Vissza