A LONG DAY'S DYING : CRITICAL MOMENTS IN DARFUR GENOCIDE
Eric REEVES
 
 
 
Coming April 2007
Title: A Long Day's Dying: Critical Moments in Darfur Genocide 

Author: Eric REEVES
$43.75 Cdn ($37.99 US)
 
 

There are no trains leading to the death camps of Darfur. Transportation takes the form of militarily coerced displacement, forcing the African tribal peoples of Darfur, bereft of all resources, to trek over a harsh and unforgiving landscape.

The international community has waited too long, the words have come too late and the actions that such words now demand are even more belated.

The terrible crimes occurring in Darfur must not be ignored. The cries of the dead and dying demand justice; future genocidaires are listening closely noting carefully all failures of international resolve.

The main theme of this new book is that the Khartoum government is committing genocide in Darfur while the international community watches in silence or with mere hand-wringing.

Eric Reeves is Professor of English Language and Literature at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts.  He has spent the past eight years working full-time as a Sudan researcher and analyst, publishing extensively both in the US and internationally. He has testified several times before the Congress, has lectured widely in academic settings, and has served as a consultant to a number of human rights and humanitarian organizations operating in Sudan. Working independently, he has written on all aspects of Sudan's recent history.

Publication of such an important book, at this critical moment in the Darfur genocide offers to government officials, academics, humanitarian aid groups, human rights organizations, as well as to the broader public an in-depth critical assessment of the current situation in Darfur.

It also provides an unsparing assessment of the international community?s diplomatic efforts, past and present, to respond to Darfur. Such an assessment comes at a defining moment. The world is watching clearly and yet responding weakly. Action is essential now if we are not to see a further extension of the international failures so conspicuous in Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia.