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Where Soldiers Fear To Tread: At Work in the Fields of Anarchy
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In 1998, on the lookout for adventure and willing to take a risk, John Burnett left the comforts of the mainstream and became a UN relief worker in Somalia. He was completely unprepared for the realities of working in a country without government or law, where the only authority comes from a loaded gun. Held at gunpoint by a child soldier, having to watching a baby die of malaria in his arms, the experience profoundly changed the way he saw the world.
Additional information
| Weight | 0.255 kg |
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| Dimensions | 2.3 × 12.9 × 19.8 cm |
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| Format | Paperback |
| Language | |
| Pages | 368 |
| Publisher | |
| Year Published | 2007-2-1 |
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| Publication City/Country | London, United Kingdom |
| ISBN 10 | 0099464993 |
| About The Author | John Burnett is a former investigative reporter, and speechwriter for Congressmen in Washington. Getting out of politics, he worked for the US Department of Interior, before spending years as writer/adventurer and considerable time as a professional seaman. |
'The book speaks well to the complicated web of motivations involved with relief work in high-risk zones. Be it altruism or ego, a desire for adventure or isolation, the compulsion for relief workers to leave lives of relative comfort for dangerous war zone makes for a compelling take on human motivation' |
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| Other text | 'Engrossing… [Burnett] understands the mix of altruism, adrenalin, financial reward and companionship that drives many aid workers… He sees the way that the various aid agencies (even competing UN agencies) work against each other to gain credit and press exposure. And he learns, through bitter experience, how savage people can be when they are desperate.' |
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