Where Soldiers Fear to Tread · A Relief Worker's Tale of Survival

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
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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.