War Games
The Story of Aid and War in Modern Times
1st Edition
Published on 19. April 2010
224 pages
978-0-14-196127-9 (ISBN)
Description
From Rwanda to Afghanistan, from Sudan to Iraq, this devastating expose shows how the humanitarian aid industry, the media and warmongers are locked in a cycle of mutual dependency on battlefields around the world.
'Polman shines a light on the multibillion dollar juggernaut that is today's humanitarian aid network. A disturbing account that raises profound questions' Financial Times
'One of the finest reporting journalists of the modern age - Polman is gutsy, intellectually penetrating and far from naive' Evening Standard
'Cool, brusque, fearless. A marvellous account' Guardian
'Polman shines a light on the multibillion dollar juggernaut that is today's humanitarian aid network. A disturbing account that raises profound questions' Financial Times
'One of the finest reporting journalists of the modern age - Polman is gutsy, intellectually penetrating and far from naive' Evening Standard
'Cool, brusque, fearless. A marvellous account' Guardian
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
File size
2,33 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-14-196127-9 (9780141961279)
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03/2011
Penguin Books Ltd
€22.10
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Person
Linda Polman is the author of We Did Nothing: Why the Truth Doesn't Always Come Out When the UN Goes In. She studied at the School of Journalism in Utrecht and for the past twenty years has been a freelance journalist for Dutch radio, TV and newspapers.
