Childress, Diana.

Omar al-Bashir's Sudan / Sudan Diana Childress. - Minneapolis, MN : Twenty-First Century Books, c2010. - 160 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 23 cm. - Dictatorships .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-157), filmography (p. 157), and index.

A lightning coup -- A diverse land and people -- Independent Sudan -- Bashir's dictatorship -- Living in Bashir's Sudan -- Censorship and propaganda -- Maintaining a grip on power -- Making friends and enemies -- Sudan's future -- Who's who? -- Timeline -- Glossary.

A biography of the man who, in 1989, suspended the constitution and appointed himself head of state, prime minister, defense minister, and commander in chief of the army.

ISBN: 9780822590965 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper) 0822590964 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)

Source: 1299570 QBI

LCCN: 2008053931

Subjects--Personal Names:
Bashīr, ʻUmar Ḥasan Aḥmad, 1944-

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Presidents--Sudan--Biography.
Dictators--Sudan--Biography.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Sudan--History--1956-
Sudan--Politics and government--1985-
Sudan--Social conditions.

LC Class. No.: DT157.673 / .C47 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 962.404/3/092