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Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014
Pages: 5
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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
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Sudan
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