Damned Nations: Greed, Guns, Armies, and Aid
by Samantha Nutt
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In 1995, 25-year-old Samantha Nutt, a recent medical school graduate and a field volunteer for UNICEF, touched down in Baidoa, Somalia: 'The City of Death'. What she saw there would spur her on to a lifetime of passionate advocacy for children and families in war-torn areas around the world. Damned Nations is the brilliant distillation of Dr Nutt's observations over the course of 15 years providing hands-on care in some of the world's most violent flashpoints: from Iraq to Afghanistan, show more Somalia to the Congo and Sierra Leone to Darfur. show lessTags
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An excellent examination of the unfortunate way aid is becoming more entwined with military spending. It can also be read in counterpoint to Dambisa Moyo's Dead Aid; the arguments in Damned Nations are far stronger, more compelling, less ideological, and in the end, more convincing, than those given in Dead Aid. McNutt destroys the idea that the free market is not the solution (as advocated in Dead Aid), as well as destroying the military-humanitarian hybrid which many NGOs are moving towards.
A must read for those interested in international development and aid.
A must read for those interested in international development and aid.
An exceptional account of her humanitarian work in war torn areas of the world.
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Samantha Nutt is one of the most intrepid voices in the humanitarian and Danned Nations is a book of uncommon power. Weaving gripping personal experience with uncompromising and impassioned argument. Nutt dissects war and aid. Where humanitarian effort go wrong, and what can and should be done to bring about a more just world. Drawing from nearly show more two decades of experiences at the frontline of conflict. Nutt challenges many of the assumptions and orthodoxies surrounding the aid industry. A book that is at once moving, engaging, and insightful, Damned Nations has been acclaimed by readers and critics across North America. show less
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- 303.6 — Society, government, & culture Social sciences, sociology & anthropology Social processes Conflict and conflict resolution ; Violence
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- HQ784 .W3 .N88 — Social sciences The family. Marriage, Women and Sexuality The Family. Marriage. Women The family. Marriage. Home Children. Child development
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