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Today We Drop Bombs, Tomorrow We Build Bridges
How Foreign Aid became a Casualty of War
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Eye-opening and controversial, Peter Gill reveals first-hand the dilemmas of providing foreign aid at the sharp end.
Eye-opening and controversial, Peter Gill reveals first-hand the dilemmas of providing foreign aid at the sharp end.
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'An indispensible inquiry into our moral health and humanity.'
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The war on terror has politicised foreign aid as never before. Aid workers are being killed at an alarming rate and civilians in war-torn countries are abandoned to their fate.
From the ravaged streets of Mogadishu to the unending struggle in Helmand, Peter Gill travels to some of the most conflict-stricken places on earth to reveal the true relationship between the aid business and Western security. While some agencies have clung to their neutrality against ever stiffer odds, others have compromised their impartiality to secure the flow of official funds.
In a world where the advance of Islamic State constitutes the gravest affront to humanitarian practice and principle the aid community has faced in decades, Gill poses the crucial question – can Western nations fight in a country and aid it at the same time?
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Today We Drop Bombs, Tomorrow We Build Bridges by Peter Gill provides a critical examination of the humanitarian aid industry, exploring how aid organizations struggle with neutrality amid increasing government influence and security interests. The book features on-the-ground reporting from conflict zones like Afghanistan and Syria, revealing tales of corruption and moral dilemmas faced by aid agencies. It’s hailed as a thought-provoking work that prompts urgent debate on humanitarian values and the politicization of aid, appealing to those interested in current global conflicts and the ethics of aid provision.
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ISBN: 9781783601226
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 15 May 2016
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Zed Books Ltd
Audience: Tertiary education
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Spine width: 26.0mm
Width: 136.0mm
Height: 216.0mm
Weight: 360g
Pages: 320
About the Author
Peter Gill is a journalist specialising in developing world affairs. He has been South Asia and Middle East correspondent for the Daily Telegraph and has travelled widely in Africa and Asia as a current affairs reporter for ITV, the BBC and Channel 4.
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