A collection of pieces by a former rock journalist who travels to conflict and disaster areas to report on them. The pieces are short; you can dip in and out.
His approach is a common-sense approach. Sometimes it can be refreshingly candid and highlight the absurdity or plain human stupidity of certain social and armed conflicts (ie. the societies themselves inflict their own wounds but can't see their way to change...) At other times, the lack of an historical perspective leaves his commentary seeming naive at best, willfully ignorant and western-centric at best.
Worth exploring.
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