Degree Name
MA (Master of Arts)
Program
History
Date of Award
12-2008
Committee Chair or Co-Chairs
Melvin E. Page
Committee Members
Henry J. Antikiewicz, Stephen G Fritz
Abstract
The specters of violence and economic insecurity have haunted the Sudan since its independence in 1956. The United States Congress has held numerous hearings on the Sudan's civil war and U.S. television news outlets have reported on the conflict since 1983. While attempting to engage the Sudan in a viable peace process, the U.S. Congress has been beset by ineffectual Cold War paradigms and an inability to understand the complexities of the Sudan civil war. U.S. television news programs, on the other hand, engaged in a process of oversimplification, using false dichotomies to reduce the conflict into easily digestible pieces. This thesis will analyze the overall tone and focus of U.S. Congressional hearings and television news broadcasts on the Sudan and demonstrate the problematic factors in their portrayals of the war.
Document Type
Thesis - unrestricted
Recommended Citation
Klein, Peter William, "Tea and Sympathy: The United States and the Sudan Civil War, 1985-2005." (2008). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Paper 2007. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/2007
Copyright
Copyright by the authors.