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A bed for the night
humanitarianism in crisis
By Rieff, David
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-68480-977-9
- Publisher
- New York : Simon & Schuster, c2002.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on October 1, 2002
Rieff, a veteran journalist and author of several books (Slaughterhouse: Bosnia and the Failure of the West), has been a "witness" to several world human disasters (e.g., AIDS and the civil wars in Africa; ethnic cleansing in Bosnia) and has many doubts that the world can become an international community, such as Woodrow Wilson envisioned. His criticism of "independent humanitarianism" is that the movement is both politically na ve and too vulnerable to political power. Humanitarian organizations respond to human rights concerns by applying the doctrine of political neutrality...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
