Annotated Bibliography 4

Waging Peace in Sudan: The Inside Story of the Negotiations That Ended Africa's Longest Civil War by Hilde F. Johnson
Though this book is long and details in depth the war in Sudan, I chose a few chapters to read specific to my research:
Within the introduction to "Waging Peace in Sudan," by Hilde F. Johnson, the author elaborates on the instances that ultimately lead to the war in Darfur, Sudan. He recalls his personal accounts of meetings with the rebel leader John Garang and the shy Ali Osman Mohamed Taha as well as rebel attacks initiating the fight within Sudan.            Each side of the war, the North and the South, remain, as the introduction states, in contact with one another through phone calls, each having an ‘emergency attack’ line for the opposing leader. Also, this article states the origin of the Janjawiid forces in Sudan, the prior knowledge of unsolved problems and the relaxed nature of both Garang and Taha.             The introduction to this book gives insight to the prior problems and relationships Sudan has within itself as well as with other countries, namely China. I will definitely be using notes from this passage in my final paper to elaborate on and introduce the main issues in Sudan. 
Johnson, Hilde F. Waging Peace in Sudan: The Inside Story of the Negotiations That Ended Africa's Longest Civil War. Sussex Academic Press,il War. Sussex Academic Press, 2011. Print.