Frontline Diplomacy: Humanitarian Aid and Conflict in Africa

by John Prendergast

The authors look at institutional interactions among the news media, government policy makers, and humanitarian agencies. Case studies from Limberia, northern Iraq, Samalia, the former Yugoslavia, Haiti...

Genres: Africa, International Development, International Affairs

165 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1996

About the author

John Prendergast is a human rights activist and best-selling author who has worked for peace in Africa for over 25 years. He is the co-founder of the Enough Project, an initiative to end genocide and crimes against humanity affiliated with the Center for American Progress. John has worked for the Clinton White House, the State Department, two members of Congress, the National Intelligence Council, UNICEF, Human Rights Watch, the International Crisis Group, and the U.S. Institute of Peace. He has been a Big Brother for over 25 years, as well as a youth counselor and a basketball coach.

John is the author or co-author of ten books. His forthcoming book, Unlikely Brothers, due in May 2011, is a dual memoir co-authored with his first little brother in the Big Brother program. His previous two books were co-authored with Don Cheadle: Not On Our Watch, a New York Times bestseller and NAACP non-fiction book of the year, and The Enough Moment: Fighting to End Africa's Worst Human Rights Crimes.

(Taken from Prendergast's Enough Project bio)

Reviews

[Ted Tyler · Rating 2 out of 5]

Prendergast gives great analysis into the issues plaguing humanitarian work and economic development in the Third World. Much of the money, human capital, and time spent in Third World countries has not been strategically used. There has been much waste and at times very little to show for what has been invested in building the Third World. The author criticizes those who look for "the quick fix" or who only take on projects that will please donor governments. He advocates clearly and intelligently for looking at root causes and for aiming to either co-opt helpful institutions or to tear down harmful ones. This book could have been 4-stars, but the organization of his ideas was lacking. He rarely completed his thoughts, and his writing was confusing. Great ideas, but his work could have benefitted from some serious editing.

[Hayden Upchurch · Rating 3 out of 5]

academic book- very interesting if u like this kind of reading