| Abstract: | A brief introduction to the civil war (1955-1972) is followed by an analysis of the political leadership of the Southern Sudan Liberation Movement in its various phases of development. With all the drawbacks in the movement, the political leadership rendered inestimable services to the overall success of the SSLM. Four appendices: The Southern Sudan Provisional Government - Regional civilian and military structure - The Nile Provisional Government - The flag created by the SSPG August 1967. Bibliogr., notes and ref. |