Article: Darfur's Sorrow: A History of Destruction and Genocide.(Book review)

Darfur's Sorrow: A History of Destruction and Genocide. By M. W. Daly. (Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 2007. Pp. xix, 368. $22.99.)

The appearance of the Darfur crisis in news reports around the world has acted as a catalyst for a number of studies trying to explain the massive human rights violations that have occurred in what was "one of the least known places in the world" (1). Few provide the depth of historical analysis presented in this book. M. W. Daly is an expert on the history of the Sudan and Egypt and so is ideally placed to put recent events into a proper perspective. His research is a most important contribution to bettering our ...

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