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The Road to Hell

by Michael Maren · 1997

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A stunning personal narrative of best intentions gone awry, Michael Maren, at one time an aid worker and journalist in Somalia, writes of the failure of international charities, such as CARE and Save the Children, who he claims does anything but. Maren also attacks the United Nation's "humanitarian" missions are controlled by agribusinesses and infighting bureaucrats.

Subject
politicseconomicssociology
Themes
politics
Setting
20th centuryAfrica
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 320 pages

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