In 2004, Darfur, Sudan was described as the ""world's greatest humanitarian crisis."" Twenty years previously, Darfur was also the site of a disastrous famine. Famine that Kills is a seminal account of that famine, and a social history of the region. In a new preface prepared fo…
In 2004, Darfur, Sudan was described as the "world's greatest humanitarian crisis." Twenty years previously, Darfur was also the site of a disastrous famine. Famine that Kills is a seminal account of that famine, and a social history of the region. In a new preface prepared for …
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Famine that Kills is a seminal account of that famine and a social history of the region. In a new preface prepared for this revised edition, Alex de Waal analyzes the roots of the current conflict in land disputes, social disruption, and impoverishment."--Jacket.
In 2004, Darfur, Sudan was described as the "world's greatest humanitarian crisis." Twenty years previously, Darfur was also the site of a disastrous famine. Famine that Kills is a seminal account of that famine, and a social history of the region. In a new preface prepared for …
"This work discusses the 220-year history of the political and humanitarian uses of American food as a tool of both foreign and domestic policy."--Résumé de l'éditeur