Introduction 11
Part One To
Independence Without Bloodshed
1 Time to
Reflect 17
2 Resentment and
Resistance 23
3 Condominium
and National Aspirations 35
4 Towards
Independence 49
Part Two The
Impact of Nasser
5 Nasser Man and
Politician 63
6 Cairo and the
Canal 79
7 The UN and the
Arab World 91
Part Three The
War Nobody Wanted
8 Darkening
Clouds 105
9 The Six Day
War 115
10 Arab Mission
to Moscow 130
Part Four Yemen
The Eight Year War
11 Nassers Yemen
Blunder 151
Part Five Sudan
Restless Years of Independence
12 In Search of
a Constitution 175
13 The October
Revolution 189
14 The Southern
Sudan Problem 204
15 Old Friends
New Friends 221
16 Massacre of
Aba Island 237
Part Six Sudan
and Pan Africanism
17 The African
Presence 247
18 The Biafra
Nigeria Crisis 265
Part Seven Past
Mistakes Future Hopes
19 Reflections 275
20 Unity and
Disunity 289
21 Message of
Hope for the Coming Generation 297
Epilogue 309
Index 313