 | A Bed for the Night: Humanitarianism in Crisis (A Vintage original) by David Rieff
Buy new: £6.47 / Used from: £4.35 Controversial, but a good introduction to the core tension at the heart of humanitarianism from one of the few journalists that knows the sector.
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 | The Selfish Altruist: Relief Work in Famine and War by Tony Vaux
Buy new: £18.99 / Used from: £33.09 One of the best books about what it's actually like to be an aid worker - and how it might affect you.
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 | Do No Harm: How Aid Can Support Peace - or War by Mary B. Anderson
Buy new: £12.45 / Used from: £9.99 This was essential reading during the 90s, now out of fashion; but it remains a useful starting point.
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 | Global Governance and the New Wars: The Merging of Development and Security by Mark R. Duffield
Buy new: £11.80 / Used from: £9.84 More academic but highly relevant for defending the basic principles of development in an insecure world.
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 | Emergency Sex (and Other Desperate Measures): True Stories from a War Zone by Kenneth Cain
Buy new: £5.05 / Used from: £1.31 Cheap and cheerful, a sensationalised and cathartic record of life during wartime.
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 | Empire Lite: Nation Building in Bosnia, Kosovo, Afghanistan (A Vintage original) by Michael Ignatieff
Buy new: £5.04 / Used from: £3.82 A more considered discussion of the new peace operations in the service of foreign policy.
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