War Games: The Story of Aid and War in Modern Times

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From Rwanda to Afghanistan, from Sudan to Iraq, this devastating expose shows how the humanitarian aid industry, the media and warmongers are locked in a cycle of mutual dependency on battlefields around the world. 'The pages of this necessary but contentious book burn with a righteous moral anger about the contradictions and tensions of delivering humanitarian aid in conflict zones. Polman's pacy, readable and concise book is full of vivid and disturbing anecdotes' Daily Telegraph 'One of the finest reporting journalists of the modern age - Polman is gutsy, intellectually penetrating and far from naive' Evening Standard 'Polman shines a light on the multibillion dollar juggernaut that is today's humanitarian aid network. A disturbing account that raises profound questions' Financial Times 'A withering catalogue of corruption, incompetence and an aid industry that lives in unholy symbiosis with politicians and the military' Scotsman 'Cool, brusque, fearless. A marvellous account' Guardian

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Marvellous... cool, brusque, fearless and disillusioned...carries echoes of the African writings of Evelyn Waugh and Graham Greene * Guardian *

Linda Polman is one of the finest reporting journalists of the modern age - she is gutsy, intellectually penetrating and far from nave

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Linda Polman studied at the Utrecht School of Journalism. For the last twenty years she has been a freelance journalist for Dutch radio, television and newspapers. Since the publication of her book in Holland, Polman has lectured to government , military and academic audiences throughout the region. An earlier translation of the full story of Kibeho was first published in Granta magazine. Polman currently divides her time between West Africa and Holland.