Out of Exile
Craig Walzer

Sudan saw a long and devastating civil war that officially ended when a cease-fire was signed in 2005. Despite this official agreement country will have to grapple with the social consequences of the war for years to come. One of the most egregious humanitarian abuses of the war was the displacement of millions southern Sudanese. Many fled to escape violence, while others were forced to move away from their homes as slaves.

Here in this collection of interviews, in their own words, men and women recount life before their displacement and the reasons for their flight, as well as their incredible struggles to reach and survive in the major stations of the "refugee railroads" — the desert camps of Khartoum, the underground communities of Cairo, the humanitarian metropolis of Kakuma refugee camp, and the still-growing internally displaced persons camps in Darfur.

In this refreshingly revisionist history, Erik S. Reinert shows how rich countries developed through a combination of government intervention, protectionism, and strategic investment—rather than through free trade. Yet when our leaders lecture poor countries on the right path to riches they do so in almost perfect ignorance of the fact that our economies were founded on protectionism long before they could afford the luxury of free trade. How Rich Countries Got Rich… will challenge economic orthodoxy and open up the debate on why self-regulating markets are not the best answer to our hopes of worldwide prosperity.More