Deborah Scroggins - Emmas War

This book owes debts to many people beyond those already mentioned in the Authors Note. At the United Nations Association-USA, the late Susan Woolfson, John Tessitore, and Edward C. Luck set me off on this journey by first assigning me to look into famine relief back in 1985. The New York Times Foundation and the Weyerhauser Foundation provided support for that first foray into the politics of humanitarian aid. I am grateful to Sonny Rawls, Bill Kovach, Hyde Post, Randal Ashley, Arnold Rosenfeld, Ron Martin, John Walter, and Plott Brice at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution for sending me to Sudan and for advising and supporting me while I was there and after I came back. At Granta magazine Ian Jack and Robert Winder encouraged me to pursue the story of Emma McCune, then helped shape the magazine article that became the genesis of this book.

Some of the many Sudanese and non-Sudanese who have shared their insights and knowledge are: Arop Madut Arop, Catherine Bond, Raymond Bonner, Victoria Butler, Timothy Carney, Catherine Carter, former President Jimmy Carter, Jeffrey Clark, Robert O. Collins, Jean-Franois Darcq, Madelaine Drohan, Wal and Julia Duane, Mark Duffield, Dan Eiffe, Ahmed Kamal el-Din, Clive English, Becky Hagman, Robin Hodgkin, Mark Huband, Liz Hughes, Richard Ibreck, Harry Jeene, Sam Kiley, Ian Lethbridge, John Luk, Gillian Lusk, Andrew Mawson, Lazarus Leek Mawut, Mahdi Ibrahim Mohamed, Stephen Morrison, Peter Moszynski, Richard Mulla, Rakiya Omaar, Jane Perlez, Scott Peterson, John Prendergast, Biel Torkech Rambang, Jonathan Randal, Eric Reeves, Tiny Rowland, William Shawcross, Hania Sholkamy, Dick and Carol Steuart, Gary and Christine Strieker, David Turton, Peter Verney, Franois Visnot, Gordon Wagner, Gritta Weil, Phillip Winter, Roger Winter, and Michael Wolfers.

Godfrey Hodgson and the Reuter Foundation offered financial and research assistance in the form of a 1998 Reuter Fellowship at the University of Oxford. The librarians at Oxfords Queen Elizabeth House, Rhodes Hall, and the Refugee Studies Programme spent hours helping me locate documents. My indispensable agent, Toby Eady, found me two superb editors, Robin Desser at Pantheon Books and Michael Fishwick at HarperCollins-UK. My friends Carol Berger, Wendy James, Douglas Johnson, Millard Burr, and Jemera Rone shouldered the task of reading and correcting the final draft.

Without my husband, Colin Campbell, this book would not exist. He first fixed my sights on Sudan more than fifteen years ago, and he has been my companion every step of the way. My parents, Frank and Gloria Scroggins, and my late mother-in-law, Betty Campbell, were a constant source of encouragement and inspiration. My stepson, Gray, and my two daughters, Anna and Elizabeth, put up with many tedious hours of babysitting while I was researching and writing this book. My hope is that it will answer their persistent question: But why do you love Sudan so much?

DEBORAH SCROGGINS
Emmas War

Deborah Scroggins has won six national journalism awards for her reporting from Sudan and the Middle East. For Emmas War she was also awarded the Ridenhour Book Prize and the Georgia Author of the Year Award. A former correspondent for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, she has published articles in Granta, The Independent, Vogue, and Glamour. She lives in Atlanta.

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