Emma's War

Emma's War

Emma McCuneâ€™s passion for Africa, her unstinting commitment to the children of Sudan, and her youthful beauty and glamour set her apart from other relief workers from the moment she arrived in southern Sudan. But no one was prepared for her decision to marry a local warlordâ€”a man who seemed to embody everything she was working againstâ€”and to throw herself into his violent quest to take over southern Sudanâ€™s rebel movement.

With precision and insight, Deborah Scrogginsâ€”who met McCune in Sudanâ€”charts the process by which McCuneâ€™s romantic delusions led to her descent into the hell of Africaâ€™s longest-running civil war. Emmaâ€™s War is at once a disturbing love story and an up-close look at Sudan: a world where international aid fuels armies as well as the starving population, and where the northern-based Islamic governmentâ€”backed by Osama bin Ladenâ€”is locked in a war with the Christian and pagan south over religion, oil, and slaves.

A timely, revelatory account of the nature of relief work, of the men and women who choose to carry it out, and of one womanâ€™s sacrifice to its ideals.

From the Hardcover edition.
Country USA
Manufacturer Vintage
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2011-11-23
Format Kindle eBook

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