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Mass Starvation

By Alex De Waal

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Mass Starvation

By Alex De Waal

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The world almost conquered famine. Until the 1980s, this scourge killed ten million people every decade, but by early 2000s mass starvation had all-but-disappeared. Today, famines are resurgent, driven by war, blockade, hostility to humanitarian principles, and a volatile global economy. 

In Mass Starvation, world-renowned expert on humanitarian crisis and response Alex de Waal, provides an authoritative history of modern famines: their causes, dimensions, and why they ended. He analyzes starvation as a crime, and breaks new ground in examining forced starvation as an instrument of genocide and war. Refuting the enduring but erroneous view that attributes famine to overpopulation and natural disaster, he shows how political decision or political failing is an essential element in every famine, while the spread of democracy and human rights, and the ending of wars, were major factors in the near-ending of this devastating phenomenon. 

Hard-hitting and deeply informed, Mass Starvation explains why man-made famine and the political decisions that could end it for good must once again become a top priority for the international community.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
264
Release Date:
2017-11-24
Publication Date:
2018-01-16
Publisher:
Polity Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1509524665
ISBN13:
9781509524662
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
535 g
Height:
156 cm
Width:
236 cm
Thickness:
27 cm
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