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David Rieff

Författare till Swimming in a Sea of Death: A Son's Memoir

17+ verk 813 medlemmar 11 recensioner

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David Rieff is the author of Swimming in a Sea of Death; At the Point of a Gun; A Bed for the Night: Humanitarianism in Crisis; and Slaughterhouse: Bosnia and the Failure of the West. He lives in New York City.

Inkluderar namnet: RIEFF DAVID

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"Timely and controversial, this book reveals how humanitarian organizations are
often betrayed and misused, and have increasingly lost sight of their purpose.
Drawing on firsthand reporting from war zones around the world, Reiff shows us
what aid workers do in the field and the growing gap between their noble
ambitions and their actual capabilities for alleviating suffering. He describes
how many humanitarian organizations have moved from their founding principle of
neutrality, which gave them access to victims, to encouraging the international
community to take actions to stop civil wars and ethnic cleansing. By calling
for intervention, humanitarian organizations risk being seen as taking sides in
a conflict and thus jeopardizing their access to victims. And by overreaching,
the humanitarian movement has allowed itself to be hijacked by the major powers
.Rieff concludes that if humanitarian organizations are to do what they do best
- alleviate suffering - they must reclaim their independence.
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collectionmcc | 1 annan recension | Mar 6, 2018 |
A fine meditation, based on wide reading and much experience, one that First World bureaucrats and commemoration enthusiasts would do well to ponder.
 
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LaPizia | 3 andra recensioner | Aug 3, 2017 |
I read it for the description of the culture at the time and a bit of background about the miami my mom barely reference in her WASPy childhood. It was good for that. I wouldn't have read it if it wasn't personally culturally significant, as I don't think his writing is inhalable.
 
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jessicaofthebees | 1 annan recension | Aug 15, 2015 |

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Verk
17
Även av
9
Medlemmar
813
Popularitet
#31,389
Betyg
½ 3.7
Recensioner
11
ISBN
66
Språk
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