A Year in the Death of Africa. Politics, Bureaucracy and the Famine
by Gill, Peter
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About This Item
(London: Paladin, 1986). 197 x 130 mm; pictorial wraps; pp. (viii) + 191 (including index); map. Name of previous owner on title page. A few small creases and some brown spots, else very good condition. "In the Ethiopian famine of 1984-85, according to experienced foreign relief officials, around a million people may have died. Why was this allowed to happen? Why were the warnings ignored? Why did the rich countries of the West not feed the famine-stricken Ethiopians from their grain mountains? Why did they not send enough trucks to transport the food? Why did it take a massive public outcry to shame Western governments into making any significant contribution? Why has the British aid budget been drastically cut when people are starving to death? Why wer ethe UN's agencies so inadequate? A Year in the Death of Africa describes in telling detail the background to the Ethiopian famine, and brings to light the disgraceful tardiness and inadequacy of the Western response. If the scourge of hunger is to be banished from our planet, then the lessons of Ethiopia must be learned." .
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- Bookseller
- Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA (ZA)
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- 563
- Title
- A Year in the Death of Africa. Politics, Bureaucracy and the Famine
- Author
- Gill, Peter
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- (London: Paladin, 1986)
- Keywords
- Ethiopia. Korem. Famine. Oxfam. United Nations. Africa African Politics
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About Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
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