War Games

The Story of Aid and War in Modern Times

Linda Polman

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English

Viking
13 April 2011

Reportage & collected journalism; History; Aid & relief programmes; International relations

A startling, brilliantly observed book of reportage that shows how the aid industry, along with the media is prolonging conflict rather than helping prevent it

From Rwanda to Afghanistan, from Sudan to Iraq, this brilliantly written and at times blackly funny work of reportage shows how the humanitarian aid industry, the media and warmongers the world over are locked in a cycle of mutual support.

Drawing on her decades of first-hand experience, Linda Polman's gripping narrative introduces us to the key players in this twisted game, to the aid-workers and the warlords themselves. Among many others, there is the Bible-bashing one-man NGO who rescued two Sierra Leonean girls from life in an amputee camp - only to change his mind and try to send them back again; the director of the World Bank in Kabul who estimates that 35-40 per cent of all aid in Afghanistan is looted or lost; and the rebel soldier who explains that war does not mean fighting- 'W.A.R. means Waste All Resources. Destroy everything. Then you people will come and fix it.'

War Games is an urgent and riveting account from the front lines of the humanitarian aid industry by one of the most intrepid and brilliantly incisive journalists of our times.

By: Linda Polman
Imprint: Viking
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 14mm
Weight: 159g
ISBN: 9780670919772
ISBN 10: 0670919772
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 13 April 2011
Recommended Age: From 0 years
Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Linda Polman is the author of We Did Nothing: Why the Truth Doesn't Always Come Out When the UN Goes In, which was shortlisted for the Lettre Ulysses and the Index on Censorship awards. She studied at the School of Journalism in Utrecht and for the past twenty years has been a freelance journalist for international radio, TV and newspapers; she is a contributor to The Times and the Guardian.

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

Linda Polman is one of the finest reporting journalists of the modern age - she is gutsy, intellectually penetrating and far from naive * Evening Standard * Marvellous... cool, brusque, fearless and disillusioned...carries echoes of the African writings of Evelyn Waugh and Graham Greene * Guardian *