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Title: When the Music's Over
Condition: New
Subtitle: Intervention, Aid and Somalia
Author: Gareth Owen
Format: Paperback
EAN: 9781914420436
ISBN: 9781914420436
Publisher: Repeater Books
Genre: Law & Politics
Release Date: 06/14/2022
Description: In 1993, Gareth Owen volunteered to go to Somalia with an Irish aid agency.Located in a remote desert outpost, he encountered the brutality of conflict and famine and experienced the hardships and struggles of an extraordinary race of desert warriors. He rubbed shoulders with the French Foreign Legion and Greek Special Forces and worked alongside a band of international aid workers striving to feed the Somali people. And as the country began to recover, he found himself losing connection with the Somalis as their resentment towards the international presence grew and violent confrontation erupted.In this accessible and engaging memoir, Owen, now Humanitarian Director at Save the Children UK, recounts the entanglement of violence and humanity at the heart of this notorious peacekeeping operation. This is a story of human resilience and contradictory friendships, of loyalty, courage and extraordinary endeavour - but mostly it is a story about the meaning of human connection in desperate circumstances.Part memoir, part history and part politics, When the Music's Over sees beyond the criticism of humanitarian intervention and challenges us to consider the enduring importance of international solidarity in a world where notions of common humanity and universal peace are increasingly being abandoned.
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Item Height: 197mm
Item Length: 130mm
Release Year: 2022

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