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The untold story of America\u2019s attempt to forge a nation from scratch, from euphoric birth to heart-wrenching collapse.<\/em><\/p>\n

South Sudan\u2019s historic independence was celebrated around the world\u2014a triumph for global justice and an end to one of the world\u2019s most devastating wars.\u00a0 But the party would not last long; South Sudan\u2019s freedom fighters soon plunged their new nation into chaos, shattering the promise of liberation and exposing the hubris of their foreign backers. \u00a0 Chronicling extraordinary stories of hope, identity, and survival,\u00a0A Rope from the Sky<\/em><\/a>\u00a0journeys inside an epic tale of paradise won and then lost.\u00a0This character-driven narrative follows a cast of liberators who rally around a common idea and achieve the unthinkable.\u00a0 Mobilizing on their behalf is an unprecedented coalition of Americas: Democrats and Republicans, ideologues and activists, evangelical Christians, and Hollywood celebrities. This righteous alliance helps deliver South Sudan from tyranny, only to watch in disbelief as it comes dramatically undone.\u00a0 Finally, a war-weary people must pick up the piece and start over again\u2014an uncertain quest to salvage a republic from the shards of a broken dream.\u00a0 Weaving together narratives local and global, this is first a story of power, promise, greed, compassion, violence, and redemption from the world\u2019s most neglected patch of territory.\u00a0 But is also a story about the best and worst of America\u2014both its big hearted ideals and its difficult reckoning with the limits of American power amid a changing global landscape.\u00a0 Zach Vertin\u2019s firsthand accounts, from deadly war zones to the halls of Washington power, bring readers inside this unique episode in global history\u2014an unprecedented experiment in state-building, and a cautionary tale.\u00a0 From battlefields and ballrooms to the emerald green marshes of the Nile,\u00a0A Rope from the Sk<\/em>y\u00a0is brilliant and breathtaking, a modern-day Greek tragedy that will challenge our perspectives on global politics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":467023,"template":"","class_list":["post-467022","external-book","type-external-book","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","entry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mecouncil-afkar.fuegodigitalmedia.qa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/external-book\/467022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mecouncil-afkar.fuegodigitalmedia.qa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/external-book"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mecouncil-afkar.fuegodigitalmedia.qa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/external-book"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mecouncil-afkar.fuegodigitalmedia.qa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/467023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mecouncil-afkar.fuegodigitalmedia.qa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=467022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}