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London Review of Books Christmas Books

The Spoils of Humanitarianism

Karl Maier

  • Famine Crimes: Politics and the Disaster Relief Industry in Africa by Alex de Waal
  • The Road to Hell: The Ravaging Effects of Foreign Aid and International Charity by Michael Maren

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Karl Maier is the author of Angola: Promises and Lies and Into the House of the Ancestors: Inside the New Africa.

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