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The Disaster Gypsies - Humanitarian Workers in the World's Deadliest Conflicts (Hardcover)
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The Disaster Gypsies - Humanitarian Workers in the World's Deadliest Conflicts (Hardcover)
Series: Praeger Security International
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Chatting with notorious war criminal Charles Taylor on the lawn of
his presidential mansion as ostriches and armed teenagers strut in
the background. Landing in snow-covered Afghanistan weeks after the
fall of the Taliban and trying to make sense of a country shattered
by years of war. Being held at gunpoint by young soldiers amid the
tragedy of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. Standing in the middle of a
violent riot in the streets of Kathmandu. Having hushed
conversations with the widows of Europe's largest massacre since
World War II. These are all scenes from The Disaster Gypsies, a
compelling personal memoir by a relief worker and conflict
specialist who has worked on the ground in a host of war-torn
countries. Initially deployed as part of a humanitarian relief team
in Rwanda almost by accident, Norris has experienced the tragedies
of Rwanda, Bosnia, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, and Liberia over a span
of ten years. Rich with poignant human stories, The Disaster
Gypsies captures the reality of modern war with an immediacy and
compassion that puts the reader in the front seat for some of the
most wrenching events of our times. Norris approaches his story
with a unique and dynamic perspective, having worked both in the
upper echelons of the U.S. government and in some of the world's
most dangerous places. Moving from face-to-face encounters with
powerful warlords to quiet moments with the victims of horrific
violence, Norris gives readers a behind-the-scenes tour of a world
most of them can barely imagine. He makes a compelling argument
that these nasty civil wars were often dismissed as tribal, ethnic,
or regional disputes by most Americans, when in reality such
violence is fundamentallypart of the human condition. That may
sound simple or even self-evident, but Norris contends that most
people in the United States and Europe continue to view war as
something that is outside of themselves and profoundly foreign in
its nature, even as their own troops continue to fight in Iraq and
Afghanistan.
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