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A Bed for the Night: Humanitarianis
by Rieff, David | HC | LikeNew
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Like new
- Seller notes
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Weight
- 0 lbs
- Product Group
- Book
- IsTextBook
- No
- ISBN
- 9780684809779
- Book Title
- Bed for the Night : Humanitarianism in Crisis
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Item Length
- 9.5 in
- Publication Year
- 2002
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.1 in
- Genre
- Political Science, Social Science
- Topic
- Intergovernmental Organizations, Philanthropy & Charity, Disasters & Disaster Relief
- Item Weight
- 21.4 Oz
- Item Width
- 6.6 in
- Number of Pages
- 384 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
ISBN-10
068480977X
ISBN-13
9780684809779
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2309732439
Product Key Features
Book Title
Bed for the Night : Humanitarianism in Crisis
Number of Pages
384 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2002
Topic
Intergovernmental Organizations, Philanthropy & Charity, Disasters & Disaster Relief
Genre
Political Science, Social Science
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
21.4 Oz
Item Length
9.5 in
Item Width
6.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2002-029432
TitleLeading
A
Dewey Edition
21
Dewey Decimal
361.2/6
Table Of Content
Contents Introduction SECTION ONE Designated Consciences 1 The Humanitarian Paradox 2 The Hazards of Charity 3 A Saving Idea SECTION TWO Dreams and Realities 4 Bosnia 5 Rwanda SECTION THREE The Death of a Good Idea 6 Kosovo 7 Afghanistan 8 Endgame or Rebirth? Conclusion A Note on Sources A Note on Major Humanitarian Organizations Humanitarian and International Organizations Acknowledgments Index
Synopsis
Timely and controversial, "A Bed for the Night" reveals how humanitarian organizations trying to bring relief in an ever more violent and dangerous world are often betrayed and misused, and have increasingly lost sight of their purpose. Humanitarian relief workers, writes David Rieff, are the last of the just. And in the Bosnias, the Rwandas, and the Afghanistans of this world, humanitarianism remains the vocation of helping people when they most desperately need help, when they have lost or stand at risk of losing everything they have, including their lives. Although humanitarianism's accomplishments have been tremendous, including saving countless lives, the lesson of the past ten years of civil wars and ethnic cleansing is that it can do only so much to alleviate suffering. Aid workers have discovered that while trying to do good, their efforts may also cause harm. Drawing on firsthand reporting from hot war zones around the world -- Bosnia, Rwanda, Congo, Kosovo, Sudan, and most recently Afghanistan -- Rieff describes how the International Committee of the Red Cross, Doctors Without Borders, the International Rescue Committee, CARE, Oxfam, and other humanitarian organizations have moved from their founding principle of political neutrality, which gave them access to victims of wars, to encouraging the international community to take action to stop civil wars and ethnic cleansing. This advocacy has come at a high price. By calling for intervention -- whether by the United Nations or by "coalitions of the willing" -- humanitarian organizations risk being seen as taking sides in a conflict and thus jeopardizing their access to victims. And by overreaching, thehumanitarian movement has allowed itself to be hijacked by the major powers, at times becoming a fig leaf for actions those powers wish to take for their own interests, or for the major powers' inaction. Rieff concludes that if humanitarian organizations are to do what they do best -- alleviate suffering -- they must reclaim their independence. Except for relief workers themselves, no one has looked at humanitarian action as seriously or as unflinchingly, or has had such unparalleled access to its inner workings, as Rieff, who has traveled and lived with aid workers over many years and four continents. A cogent, hard-hitting report from the front lines, "A Bed for the Night" shows what international aid organizations must do if they are to continue to care for the victims of humanitarian disasters.
LC Classification Number
HV639.R543 2002
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