Contents
Acknowledgements (page vii)
Foreword (page ix)
Chapter 1: Introduction (page 3)
Chapter 2: A Snapshot of the Conflict (page 5)
But Is It Genocide?
Darfur: The Preferred Catastrophe
Africans and Arabs: The Racialization of Sudan
Chapter 3: A Brief History of Western Relations with Sudan (page 26)
The Colonial Period
The 1970s and 80s: Washington Backs Khartoum
After Nimeiri, and the Politics of U.S. Aid
Bashir Comes to Power
The U.S. and Sudan in the 1990s–the Alliance Collapses
The U.S. Bombing of al-Shifa
Chapter 4: Adversary or Ally? Current Relations between Washington and Khartoum (page 49) [partial excerpt]
The U.S., Sudan and the International Criminal Court
Chapter 5: US Interest in Sudan and the African Continent (page 55)
Chapter 6: The Doctrine of Humanitarian Intervention—The Mice Would Be Disciplined, But the Lions Would Be Free / 61
Somalia: "The only good Somali is a dead Somali"
Rwanda: The "Tropical Nazi Genocide"
Sierra Leone: Keeping the Peace…without Washington
Liberia: A U.S. "Responsibility"
Evaluating the Past: from Somalia to Darfur
Chapter 7: UN Peacekeeping in Darfur (page 86)
A Consensual UN Deployment
Evaluating a Unilateral UN Intervention in Darfur
Western Intervention: Darfurian and Sudanese Opinion
The African Union: Set Up to Fail, and Peacekeeping on the Cheap
Chapter 8: Darfur Activism—Aiding the Victims or the Superpower? (page 106)
The Save Darfur Movement
An Evaluation of Activist Demands
A No Fly-Zone over Darfur
Divestment
Supporting the Victims: Humanitarian Aid and Refugee Policies
A Manifesto for Darfur Activism, and Beyond
Chapter 9: Conclusion (page 127)
Selected Bibliography (page 129)
Notes (page 131)
Index (page 295)