An international topic since 2004, with the recent elections, Ponzi scheme protestors, and UN peacekeepers’ kidnappings, Darfur is still very much in turmoil. Now, from Mahmood Mamdani, comes an understanding of that turmoil, SAVIORS AND SURVIVORS: Darfur, Politics, and the War on Terror (Doubleday Religion; on sale May 25, 2010; $16.00 trade paperback), a groundbreaking and definitive analysis of the crisis in Darfur that considers, unlike any other book on the subject, the events of the last few years within the broad context of the history of Sudan, and that examines the efficacy of the world’s response to the crisis.
