Introduction
PART ONE: Origins: The Southern Sudan as People, Polity and “Problem” (c. 1821-1983)
Conquest and Colonisation Independence and Rebellion
PART TWO: The War Continues: The Fight for Nation and State (1983 – 2002)
War and New Leadership Inner Turmoil
PART THREE: Independence and Civil War: Building a State, Forgetting a Nation (2002 – 2015)
Negotiating and Implementing Peace Freedom, Fragility and Fragmentation
Conclusion