EBOOK Famine that Kills:Darfur, Sudan

In 2004, Darfur, Sudan was described as the "e;world's greatest humanitarian        crisis."e; 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.