A Generation of Mysteries?

C. Robinson
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The history and the conflicts in which Sudanese Government armed forces have been involved are of interest both from the Sudanese historical and the military-historical angles. But while the agonies of Sudan’s civil wars have attracted significant academic interest, the structures, characteristics, and operating methods of official military institutions in Africa have been neglected, and there is little recent research. Sudanese military intervention in politics, including five successful coups, has been discussed since Ruth First’s book in 1970 and before. There were at least 16 coups and attempted coups by the Sudanese Armed Forces from 1957 to 1976. But there is little coverage of the security forces, and there is little available to cover the Sudanese army’s more specifically military record. Thus it is worthwhile to draw the available scattered threads together to start to form a basis for further research. The Sudanese Armed Forces’ frequent political involvement will be signposted and wound in as necessary—ultimately armies are a function of their governments—but is not the function of this article. What emerges is scattered fragments on military forces and operations, overlaid on the unrelenting drumbeat of horrible details from the first Sudanese civil war.
神秘的一代?
从苏丹历史和军事历史的角度来看,苏丹政府武装部队所参与的历史和冲突都是令人感兴趣的。但是,虽然苏丹内战的痛苦引起了学术界的极大兴趣,但非洲官方军事机构的结构、特征和运作方法却被忽视了,而且最近的研究也很少。苏丹军事干预政治,包括五次成功的政变,自1970年露丝·弗斯特(Ruth First)的书以来一直在讨论。从1957年到1976年,苏丹武装部队至少发生了16次政变和未遂政变。但是关于安全部队的报道很少,关于苏丹军队更具体的军事记录的报道也很少。因此,有必要将现有的零散线索汇集起来,开始为进一步的研究奠定基础。苏丹武装部队频繁的政治介入将在必要时被标记和伤害-军队最终是政府的职能-但不是本文的职能。浮现出来的是零星的军事力量和行动的碎片,覆盖在第一次苏丹内战的恐怖细节上。
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