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Summary
Michael Maren spent years in Africa, first as an aid worker, later as a journalist, where he witnessed at a harrowing series of wars, famines, and natural disasters. In this book, he claims that charities, such as CARE and Save the Children, are less concerned with relief than we think. Maren also attacks the United Nation's "humanitarian" missions are controlled by agribusinesses and infighting bureaucrats.
Author Biography
Michael Maren is a journalist, author, screenwriter, and director who has written as a foreign correspondent for The Village Voice, Newsweek, Harper’s, and GQ, among others. His newest film, Shiver, releases in 2022.
Table of Contents
| Author's Note | p. xi |
| On the Spelling of Somali Words | p. xiii |
| Introduction: Darkness and Light | p. 1 |
| Land Cruisers | p. 13 |
| Far from Somalia | p. 25 |
| Fixers | p. 42 |
| Potemkin Villages | p. 58 |
| Death in Mogadishu | p. 79 |
| Crazy with Food | p. 92 |
| Geneva | p. 116 |
| Selling the Children | p. 136 |
| Creating Dependency | p. 162 |
| Withdrawal Symptoms | p. 178 |
| Pigs at a Trough | p. 189 |
| Feeding the Famine | p. 203 |
| The Mogadishu Line | p. 216 |
| The Self-Licking Ice Cream Cone | p. 239 |
| Running Toward Rwanda | p. 257 |
| Merchants of Peace | p. 270 |
| Somalia Timeline | p. 281 |
| Index | p. 289 |
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