Rope from the Sky

History

Vertin, Zach

Africa

Amberley Publishing

The untold story of America’s attempt to forge a nation from scratch, from euphoric birth to heart-wrenching collapse. The birth of South Sudan was celebrated world-wide, a triumph acclaimed not only by its long-oppressed people, but by three presidents and millions of Americans. But just two years later, South Sudan’s freedom-fighters plunged their new nation back into chaos, shattering the promise of liberation and exposing the hubris of their American backers.This is the epic story of paradise won, then lost. Vertin’s firsthand accounts—from war zones to the halls of Washington power—bring readers inside the untold story of how an exalted American victory ended in conscience-shocking violence. This gripping tale follows an unlikely cast of liberators from the bush to the palace and back, and a zealous alliance of Democrats and Republicans, evangelicals and celebrities, who watched in horror as their chosen heroes turned their guns on each other. Filled with with hope, loss, greed, and compassion, this is also a story about the best and worst of America—big-hearted ideals combined with the difficult reckoning with the limits of our influence in a changing world order. From moonlit battlefields to hotel ballrooms, blood-soaked villages to the emerald marshes of the Nile, A Rope from the Sky is brilliant and breathtaking, and will challenge our perspectives on global politics.

A Rope from the Sky: The Making and Unmaking of the World's Newest State

Pegasus Books

The untold story of America's attempt to forge a nation from scratch, from europhric birth to heart-wrenching collapse.\nSouth Sudan's independence was celebrated around the world—a triumph for global justice and an end to one of the world's most devastating wars. But the party would not last long: South Sudan's freedom fighters soon plunged their new nation into chaos, shattering the promise of liberation and exposing the hubris of their foreign backers.\nChronicling extraordinary stories of hope, identity, and survival, A Rope from the Sky journeys inside an epic tale of paradise won and then lost. This character-driven narrative is first a story of power, promise, greed, compassion, violence, and redemption from the world's most neglected patch of territory. But it is also a story about the best and worst of America—both its big-hearted ideals and its difficult reckoning with the limits of American power amid a changing global landscape.\nZach's Vertin's firsthand acounts, from deadly war zones to the halls of Washington power, brings readers inside this remarkable episode—an unprecedented experiment in state-building and a cautionary tale. It is brilliant and breathtaking, a moder-day Greek tragedy that will challenge our perspectives on global politics.

A Rope from the Sky: The Making and Unmaking of the World's Newest State (Chinese Edition)

World

Ma Ke Bo Luo

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