An Imperfect Offering: Humanitarian Action in the Twenty-first Century

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pp. xi [2] 434. “An Imperfect Offering is a deeply personal, deeply political book. With unstinting candor, Orbinski explores the nature of humanitarian action in the twenty-first century, and asserts the fundamental imperative of seeing as human those whose political systems have most brutally failed. He insists that in responding to the suffering of others, we must never lose sight of the dignity of those being helped or deny them the right to act as agents in their own lives.” paperback edition

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ISBN 0385660707
ISBN13 9780385660709
Number of pages 434
Original Title An Imperfect Offering: Humanitarian Action in the Twenty-first Century
Published Date 2009
Book Condition Very Good
Jacket Condition No Dj
Binding Paperback
Size 8vo
Place of Publication Toronto
Edition First Edition
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pp. xi [2] 434. “An Imperfect Offering is a deeply personal, deeply political book. With unstinting candor, Orbinski explores the nature of humanitarian action in the twenty-first century, and asserts the fundamental imperative of seeing as human those whose political systems have most brutally failed. He insists that in responding to the suffering of others, we must never lose sight of the dignity of those being helped or deny them the right to act as agents in their own lives.” paperback edition

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Weight 1 kg