War Games: The Story of Aid and War in Modern Times
Apr 2010 · Penguin UK
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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
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 huma...
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About the author
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.
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.
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