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Emma's War

By Deborah Scroggins

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| Paperback | 9780375703775

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Tall, striking, and adventurous to a fault, young British relief worker Emma McCune came to Sudan determined to make a difference in a country decimated by the longest-running civil war in Africa. She became a near legend in the bullet-scarred, famine-ridden country, but her eventual marriage to a Continue

Tall, striking, and adventurous to a fault, young British relief worker Emma McCune came to Sudan determined to make a difference in a country decimated by the longest-running civil war in Africa. She became a near legend in the bullet-scarred, famine-ridden country, but her eventual marriage to a rebel warlord made international headlines—and spelled disastrous consequences for her ideals.

Enriched by Deborah Scroggins’s firsthand experience as an award-winning journalist in Sudan, this unforgettable account of Emma McCune’s tragically short life also provides an up-close look at the volatile politics in the region. It’s a world where international aid fuels armies as well as the starving population, and where the northern-based Islamic government—with ties to Osama bin Laden—is locked in a war with the Christian and pagan south over religion, oil and slaves. Tying together these vastly disparate forces as well as Emma’s own role in the problems of the region, Emma’s War is at once a disturbing love story and a fascinating exploration of the moral quandaries behind humanitarian aid.

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  • A good woman in Africa

    Emma's War by Deborah Scroggins HarperCollins £17.99, pp220 Emma McCune was a beautiful young Englishwoman who conceived a romantic passion for Africa, went to the Sudan to be an aid worker and ended up marrying a warlord. Her story is extraordinary, ... (read full critics)

    guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

  • Intruder in the dust

    The Emma of the title was an intrepid young woman who journeyed to the Sudan in search of exotic adventure. Owing to an ill-chosen marriage she found herself at the centre of a bloody civil war. A few years later she met with an early death. One's lo ... (read full critics)

    spectator published on Fri, 17 Sep 2010

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  • Deborah Scroggins’s Emma’s War

    Author Dan Morrison has chosen to discuss Deborah Scroggins’s Emma’s War on FiveBooks as one of the top five on his subject – The Nile, saying that:

    “…It’s a great read and extremely informative about Sudan’s civil war. Scroggins’s vehicle for talking about the war is a British aid worker, Emma McC ... (continue)

    Author Dan Morrison has chosen to discuss Deborah Scroggins’s Emma’s War on FiveBooks as one of the top five on his subject – The Nile, saying that:

    “…It’s a great read and extremely informative about Sudan’s civil war. Scroggins’s vehicle for talking about the war is a British aid worker, Emma McCune, who married a rebel warlord in south Sudan…”

    The full interview is available here: http://thebrowser.com/books/interviews/dan-morrison

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  • English Books
  • Paperback 416 Pages
  • Edition: Reprint
  • ISBN-10: 0375703772
  • ISBN-13: 9780375703775
  • Publisher: Vintage
  • Pub date: Feb 10, 2004
  • Dimensions: 1290 mm x 839 mm x 129 mm Just how big is that?
  • In other languages: other languages Libri Italiani
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