Where Soldiers Fear to Tread · A Relief Worker's Tale of Survival
- Authors
- Burnett, John
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Tags
- social science , disasters & disaster relief , political science , ngos (non-governmental organizations) , personal memoirs , biography , war , politics , biography & autobiography
- ISBN
- 9780099464990
- Date
- 2005-05-31T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 0.40 MB
- Lang
- en
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.