Burnett, John S.
Where soldiers fear to tread : at work in the fields of anarchy / Where soldiers fear to tread : a relief workers tale of survival John S. Burnett. - London : Arrow Books, 2007. - 350 p. : maps ; 20 cm.
First published 2005. Includes bibliographical references.
In 1998, on the lookout for adventure, John Burnett left the comforts of Western life to become 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. [Book jacket].
9780099464990
Disaster relief--Somalia.
Humanitarian assistance--Somalia.
Somalia--Social conditions--1960-
Where soldiers fear to tread : at work in the fields of anarchy / Where soldiers fear to tread : a relief workers tale of survival John S. Burnett. - London : Arrow Books, 2007. - 350 p. : maps ; 20 cm.
First published 2005. Includes bibliographical references.
In 1998, on the lookout for adventure, John Burnett left the comforts of Western life to become 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. [Book jacket].
9780099464990
Disaster relief--Somalia.
Humanitarian assistance--Somalia.
Somalia--Social conditions--1960-