Breaking Sudan

`This book is valuable as an articulation of important ideas and perspectives that are part of the South Sudanese debate. The book is also important as it places the reader in the middle of these complicated, unfolding and sometimes contradictory debates.' * <i>Sudan Studies</i> * `In Breaking Sudan,Jok Maduk Jok attempts to explain why the end of the prolonged north-south conflicts and the break-up of the country...has paradoxically created more conflict... He listens closely to how violence and militarization have affected individuals' lives.' * <i>New Internationalist</i> * `There are lessons here for all those mediators, diplomats and politicians who carve up countries in the name of peace.' * Richard Cockett, <i>Literary Review</i> * `An extraordinarily ambitious account...[Jok's] impressive research is critical to the very large success of this book, particularly as it draws on extensive fieldwork that very few are capable of.' -- Eric Reeves, Senior Fellow, Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights, Harvard University `One of South Sudan's leading writers shows that his country cannot be understood if its history as part of Sudan is brushed aside.' -- Gill Lusk, Chair, Society for the Study of the Sudans UK `This is a prodigious effort that unpacks the intricate and often multi-layered aspects of political fragility in Sudan and South Sudan...Jok does not pull punches...Whether one agrees or not with his assertions, this book is a wonderful addition to the body of literature on a restive corner of Africa.' -- Brian Adeba, Associate Director of Policy on Sudan and South Sudan, Enough Project