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ERIC Number: EJ1045678
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014
Pages: 5
Abstractor: ERIC
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ISSN: ISSN-0037-7724
The Birth of a Nation Is Only the Beginning: The Travails of South Sudan
Totten, Samuel
Social Education, v78 n5 p243-247 Sep-Oct 2014
Just three years since it broke away from Sudan, the new country of South Sudan is embroiled in a violent civil war. This article examines what went wrong and why, by discussing the incredible difficulty of building a new nation from scratch following years of conflict, war, suspicion, and great expectations. How this tragedy will end is anyone's guess, but experts on the region are not optimistic.
Descriptors: Self Determination, Nationalism, African Studies, Social Studies, Social History, War, Regional Characteristics, Conflict, Conflict Resolution, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Governance, Barriers, Violence, Foreign Countries
National Council for the Social Studies. 8555 Sixteenth Street #500, Silver Spring, MD 20910. Tel: 800-683-0812; Tel: 301-588-1800; Fax: 301-588-2049; e-mail: membership@ncss.org; Web site: http://www.socialstudies.org
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: N/A
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Sudan (South)