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"The narrative sweeps one along ... Written like a day-to-day journal, When Soldiers Fear to Tread offers many thumbnail sketches of natives and relief workers."--"Providence Journal"
"He understands the mix of altruism, adrenaline, 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"--"London Sunday Times
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""A journey into a heartless darkness. . .(An) affecting, timely and engaging memoir of life at the blunt edge of aid."--"Evening Standard", London
"Burnett's message is simple and it is not new: being an aid worker in the field is dangerous. What makes it differ
Kurzbeschreibung
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.