Julie Flint
Author of Darfur: A Short History of a Long War
Works by Julie Flint
Darfur: A New History of a Long War. Updated edition — Author — 1 copy
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- Julie Flint worked for the Guardian and ABC News in Lebanon from 1983 to 1990 and has covered the region intermittently ever since. She remained in West Beirut throughout the hostage crisis of the 1980s and won six awards in Europe and the United States for her coverage in that period. From 1990-1992 Flint was a London-based correspondent for the Observer, focusing on the Middle East and the Horn of Africa.
In a 35-year career, Flint has worked, in newspapers, radio and television, in more than 20 countries on four continents. Since 1998 she has been a freelance journalist based in London and Beirut, concentrating since 2002 on Darfur. She is co-author of Darfur: A Short History of a Long War published by Zed books and Macmillan Palgrave.
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An excellent short overview of the war in Darfur by two old Sudan hands, Julie Flint and Alex de Waal. They begin by looking at land rights several hundred years ago, and this serves to highlight the complexity of the conflict and to explain why it doesn't succumb to the "quick fix" solutions which the international community tends to favour.
This was a rough read. I've got no doubt that it's the definative text on Darfur and the history leading up to current conditions, but the book just wasn't written with readers in mind. Unless you already know everything that the authors are writing about, there are going to be many moments when you're confused as far as time goes---for two paragraphs, the authors will be covering events in 2008, and suddenly the mention of a particular place, person, or event takes you back to 2004, or to show more somewhere in the past that isn't entirely clear. Simply, the timelines here are incredibly confused, to the extent that it often comes across as a stream-of-consciousness history that was never really organized before being put to paper. Additionally, the constant name dropping makes the read difficult, and complicates the already hard-to-handle timeline. The information is here, but it's not presented in a fashion that's open to readers who aren't already somewhat familiar with the book's subject. As someone who's read various texts on Darfur, I have to say that this was by far the most difficult and confusing to read---it might imitate the chaos of the situation, but it's not a strategy for imparting informatin to readers. show less
Department of History, University of Hong Kong
Varmasti tärkeä, mutta vaikealukuinen teos. Keskittymistä vaivasi jatkuva nimien virta ja muutenkin luettelomaisuus. Välillä myös sodan kauhuja luetteloitiin raakuuksia luetteloimalla, mikä loi vain vaikutelmaa puolueellisuudesta (tosin luultavasti ihan aiheellisesti, mutta tällainen taktiikka ei herätä lukijassa luottamusta kirjoittajia kohtaan). Yksityiskohtien sijaan näin suppea teos olisi toiminut paremmin yleisiä suuntaviivoja hahmottelemalla. Teos onnistui kuitenkin show more avartamaan näkemystä konfliktin monimutkaisuudesta. show less
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