Sudan in crisis : the failure of democracy / G. Norman Anderson.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-262) and index.

pt. 1. The cycle of democratic and military rule. Map of Sudan ; The "revolution of national salvation" ; From promise to decline ; America and Sudan -- pt. 2. The democracy of Sadiq al-Mahdi: internal politics and the economy. Sadiq assumes power ; The faltering economy -- pt. 3. America and Sudanese democracy. U.S. aims and U.S. aid ; A fresh start between the United States and Sadiq -- pt. 4. The civil war in southern Sudan. Origins of the conflict ; The war reignites in 1983 -- pt. 5. Sadiq and the war. Sadiq attempts to engage the rebels ; The army and democracy ; Sadiq resumes peace feelers ; War invades the north ; Negotiations for an ICRC airlift -- pt. 6. Paralysis of domestic politics and economic reform. Khartoum procrastinates on economic reform ; Musical-chairs coalition government -- pt. 7. The final agony of Sudanese democracy. A last, best chance for peace? ; Famine and U.S. politics ; The creeping coup ; Operation lifeline Sudan ; Sadiq's final round -- pt. 8. Sadiq's foreign policy. The perils of nonalignment ; Sudan and Libya ; Courting Iran and Iraq ; Conclusions: the final reckoning.