Famine that Kills

Darfur, Sudan

Alex de Waal (Director, Director, Justice Africa, London)

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Oxford University Press
01 January 2005

History; Famine; Aid & relief programmes; Politics & government

Series: Oxford Studies in African Affairs

In 2004, Darfur, Sudan was described as the ""world's greatest humanitarian crisis."" Twenty years previously, Darfur was also the site of a disastrous famine. Famine that Kills is a seminal account of that famine, and a social history of the region. In a new preface prepared for this revised edition, Alex de Waal analyzes the roots of the current conflict in land disputes, social disruption and impoverishment. Despite vast changes in the nature of famines and in the capacity of response, de Waal's original challenge to humanitarian theory and practice including a focus on the survival strategies of rural people has never been more relevant. Documenting the resilience of the people who suffered, it explains why many fewer died than had been predicted by outsiders. It is also a pathbreaking study of the causes of famine deaths, showing how outbreaks of infectious disease killed more people than starvation. Now a classic in the field, Famine that Kills provides critical background and lessons of past intervention for a region that finds itself in another moment of humanitarian tragedy.

By: Alex de Waal (Director Director Justice Africa London)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Dimensions: Height: 207mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 336g
ISBN: 9780195181630
ISBN 10: 0195181638
Series: Oxford Studies in African Affairs
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 01 January 2005
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Famine that Kills: Darfur, Sudan

...an interesting new preface in which he comments on events in the region since the early 1980s...a useful case study of the dynamics of famine. Foreign Affairs