Summaries+of+books+on+the+Darfurian+Genocide

=Summaries of books on the Darfurian Genocide= __Darfur: The Ambiguous Genocide__ by Gerard Prunier

This novel describes the reasons of this terrible crisis that lie in Darfur's past. Prunier shows how what started as a tribal conflict has quickly escalated into a twenty-first century genocide. While many journalists rush to explanations, making generalizations and oversimplifying the problem as an ethnic clash, this book explains the complex details of what lies behind the problem and why it should not be oversimplified. It describes the political makeup of Sudan and explains how the Darfur rebellion is a key threat to the Arab's power. It also describes why this conflict is so important to the future of the African continent. While many countries stand on the sidelines not knowing how to respond or if they should respond at all, Prunier provides excellent advise on if, when, and how countries should react. __The Devil Came on Horseback: Bearing Witness to the Genocide in Darfur __by Brian Steidle This novel was written by a (n) retired US marine Brian Steidle, who served 6 months in Darfur as an unarmed military observer for the African Union, who later resigned and made it his mission to bring this genocide to an end. Steidle documented and photographed, journalized everything he experienced and witnessed, using his documentation he and his sister bring the Darfur Genocide to the four fronts. 'The Devil Came on Horseback' lets your feel the impact of an Arab government who is set on destroying/killing/raping its black African citizens, and you see the international reluctance to response or intervene to the blatant genocide. And in an awkward twist you see the heroic transformation of a former Marine turned humanitarian. It is a memoir that witnesses the atrocities we have for too long either pushed aside or not known about, and reveals that the actions of just one committed person have the power to change the world.