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Emergency Sex (And Other Desperate Measures): True Stories from a War Zone

Author(s): Heidi Postlewait, Kenneth Cain, Andrew Thomson

Non-fiction general

"It's the early 1990s and three young people are looking to change their lives, and perhaps also the world. Attracted to the ambitious global peacekeeping work of the UN, Andrew, Ken and Heidi's paths cross in Cambodia, from where their fates are to become inextricably bound.Over the coming years, their stories interweave through countries such Rwanda, Bosnia, Somalia and Haiti war-torn, lawless places where the intervention of the UN is needed like nowhere else. Driven by idealism, the three struggle to do the best they can, caught up in an increasingly tangled web of bureaucracy and ineffectual leadership. As disillusionment sets in, they attempt to keep hold of their humanity through black humour, revelry and 'emergency sex'. Brutal and moving in equal measure, Emergency Sex (And Other Desperate Measures) explores pressing global issues while never losing a sense of the personal. Deeply critical of the West s indifference to developing countries and the UN's repeated failure to intervene decisively, the book provoked massive controversy on its initial publication. Kofi Annan called for the book to be banned, and debate was sparked about the future direction of the UN. Bril


Product Information

Set in the world's most hostile war zones, this is the powerful and utterly unforgettable memoir of three UN workers' struggle to make a difference

Heidi Postlewait, Kenneth Cain & Andrew Thomson served in peacekeeping operations throughout the 90s. All are now based in New York.

General Fields

  • : 9780091908867
  • : Random House UK
  • : EBURY PRESS - TRADE
  • : 0.233
  • : May 2006
  • : 198mm X 129mm X 20mm
  • : May 2016
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Heidi Postlewait, Kenneth Cain, Andrew Thomson
  • : Paperback
  • : 605
  • : English
  • : 327.1720922