Captive for many years by the savage Mahdi fanatics, Slatin lived through the false conversion to Islam and surrendered his defeated Egyptian military forces to the Mahdi's just prior to the slaughter of Gordon at Khartoom on the Nile. Escaping after years of brutal treatment, the story of Slatin's escaping the death arm of his captors is thrilling.

The first comprehensive account of the 2 campaigns under Sir Gerald Graham around Suakin in the Eastern Sudan during the Mahdi's revolt of 1884-85. Robson traces the landings, the build-up of British forces and the major battles of El Teb, Tamaii, Tofrek, Hashin and T'Hakul. Tunbridge Wells 1993, Spellmount, lst UK ed w/dj, 6 1/2 x 9 1/2, 228 pp, illus, maps, appendices, notes, bibliog, index.

Please make a writing correction. You wrote that the page number of the book is 196. If I am not mistaken, the total page number is 296. I have the book with me. There is a difference of one hundred pages. May be this will affect the sale.

Yours,

I would most likely want to buy this book if it had some scholarly backing. It looks to have some rather exciting information within it, but since I find no scholar reviewing it, I am held back for the present time. As a scholar myself dealing with Ancient Nubia/Kush, I find this subject relative to my interests.

I admit, I'm biased. I am a co-editor of Kordofan Invaded, and I think it is a wonderful book. I urge everyone interested in Sudan, and especially Kordofan, to check out the book. You'll be fascinated.

Michael Kevane

Dr.Burton's ethnography of the Atuot-speaking peoples of the southern Sudan is an important work of modern anthropology. Taking the reins where Evans-Pritchard left off in his Sudanic fieldwork, Burton adds to the extant knowledge on this area at the same time that he opens up another Nilotic world. Reflexivity is the name of the game in this volume as Burton and his wife live with, learn from and react to the Nilotes. Never failing to provide delightful anecdotes and yet always describing his experience in exhaustive detail, Burton weaves a tapestry of culture from a part of the world that most westerners would just as soon dismiss as one big civil war. A useful tome for any Africanist's or anthropologist's library. Hopefully, it will come out in paper-back eventually, so as to be more affordable and accessible to the general interest circle.

This is a excellent book that is well-written and full of insight and wisdom. Tim Niblock draws on his extensive experience in the Middle East to provide an informed and accurate assessment of the political economies of Iraq, Libya, and Sudan. In the process, he presents a skillfully constructed and cogently argued assessment of the impact of sanctions on the governments and peoples of Iraq, Libya, and Sudan. He emphasizes the limited impact of sanctions regimes as a means to modify public policy in general and to create a stable international environment in particular. This book should be mandatory reading for the bureaucrats, politicians, and diplomats involved in imposing sanctions regimes around the world.

Dr. Yamba has, through extensive field work, been able to trace the not earlier realized connection between the Islamic subcultures in Sudan, emanating out of West African's hajji to Mecca; they often stopped half way in Sudan, but latter generations still regard themselves as pilgrims on the way. A most lucid and readable book, not at all like the doctor's dissertation that it is. Bjorn Nordberg, M.A.

The author gives a vivid picture of all the major figures involved in the Mahdist revolt, from Mohammed Ahmed and the Khalifa Abdullahi to the three main European prisoners. With detailed accounts of military engagements, the stories of those trapped in the Sudan, and escape attempts, this is very engrossing reading.

Cole P. Dodge lent a positive about-face to the reputation of UNICEF, especially in East Africa, during the uneasy decade of the 80s. There is quite possibly no other healthcare/development leader that has achieved so much in the name of an entire continent--Africa. All of his books should be atop the must-read list of Governmental and Non-Governmental healthcare agency professionals alike. Raundelen has taken a keen interest in child psychology issues, to include the impact of war and violence upon children, among the most at-risk to war, and child soldiers. This Norwegian is a leading expert in the field.