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This intense, vivid report and call to action from the heart of violent Darfur, by a former Marine working as an unarmed military observer for the African Union, is a powerful memoir of a young man’s awakening to conscience and the first extensive on-theground account of the genocide in Sudan.

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ISBN: 9781586485696

Bearing Witness to the Genocide in Darfur

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272 pages
Release Date
3 March 2008

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Summary

Former United States Marine Brian Steidle served for six months in Darfur as an unarmed military observer for the African Union. There he witnessed first-hand the ongoing genocide, and documented every day of his experience using email, audio journals, notebook after notebook and nearly 1,000 photographs. Gretchen Steidle Wallace, his sister, who wrote this book with Brian, corresponded with him throughout his time in Darfur. Fired upon, taken hostage, a witness to villages destroyed and peop…

Book Details

ISBN-13:	9781586485696
ISBN-10:	1586485695
Author:	Brian Steidle, Gretchen Wallace
Publisher:	PublicAffairs,U.S.
Imprint:	PublicAffairs,U.S.
Format:	Paperback
Number of Pages:	272
Release Date:	3 March 2008
Weight:	281g
Dimensions:	210mm x 140mm

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About The Author

Brian Steidle

Brian Steidle, a former Captain in the Marine Corps, worked for the African Union where he served in Darfur. He has made several return trips to Africa and now gives lectures across the country, including Harvard, Princeton, Stanford and UCLA, about Darfur. Gretchen Steidle Wallace, Brian’s sister and the founder of Global Grassroots, has a BA in foreign affairs from the University of Virginia and an MBA from the Tuck School at Dartmouth College. They live in New Hampshire.

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