Tea and Sympathy: The United States and the Sudan Civil War, 1985-2005.

<p>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.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

MA (Master of Arts)

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis - unrestricted

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

History

Year dc:date.issued

2008

Author dc:creator

• Klein, Peter William

• U S. Congress
• Civil War
• The Sudan
• U. S. Media.
• African History
• Arts and Humanities
• Communication
• History
• Social and Behavioral Sciences
• Social Influence and Political Communication

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright by the authors.

Repository record dc:identifier

https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/2007

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:dc.etsu.edu:etd-3359