Overview

As a foreign correspondent, Scott Peterson witnessed firsthand Somalia's descent into war and its battle against US troops, the spiritual degeneration of Sudan's Holy War, and one of the most horrific events of the last half century: the genocide in Rwanda. In Me Against My Brother , he brings these events together for the first time to record a collapse that has had an impact far beyond African borders. Filled with dust, sweat and powerful detail, this book graphically illustrates how preventive action and a better understanding of Africa - especially by the US - could have averted much suffering.

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Author:   Scott Peterson
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.580kg
ISBN:  

9780415930635

ISBN 10:   0415930634
Pages:   400
Publication Date:   08 August 2001
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

I: Somalia; One: Laws of War; Two: “City of the Insane”; Three: A Land Forgotten by God; Four: “Club Skinny—Dancers Wanted”; Five: “Camp of the Murderers”; Six: The Fugitive; Seven: Bloody Monday; Eight: Mission Impossible; Nine: Back to Zero; II: Sudan; Ten: Divided by God; Eleven: War of the Cross; Twelve: The False Messiah; Thirteen: Darwin Deceived; III: Rwanda; Fourteen: A Holocaust; Fifteen: “Dreadful Note of Preparation”; Sixteen: Genocide Denied; Seventeen: In Perpetuum

Reviews

'Journalism, at its best, is the first draft of history. Peterson was there to draft it in Somalia and Rwanda. His book is likely to emerge as the definitive study of just how indifferent our leaders can be to the suffering of Africans' - The Times - 'As succinct and gripping an account as l've read of the debacle.' - Evening Standard - 'An exemplar of eyewitness reporting and a call to action' - Fergal Keane, Financial Times - 'Certainly the most important book to have come out of the Dark Continent for decades' - The Times - 'Remarkable and important, [a] fine, courageous introduction to Africa's emerging multiple disasters' - The Scotsman -

Author Information

Scott Peterson is currently the Middle East correspondent for The Christian Science Monitor, and is based in Amman, Jordan. He covered Africa for The Daily Telegraph of London and his photography regularly appears in Time, Newsweek, Life, The New York Times Magazine, and Harper's.

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