Impossible Missions? German Economic, Military, and Humanitarian Efforts in Africa

Name: Impossible Missions? German Economic, Military, and Humanitarian Efforts in Africa
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ISBN: 9780803213340

ISBN-10: 0803213344

ISBN-13: 9780803213340

Edition: 2004

Authors: Nina Berman

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This study of the German presence in Africa in the modern period exposes forms of cultural domination that derive from a philosophy of progress and “good intentions.” The humanitarian belief in development, however, can ultimately lead to the same structural imbalances that an overtly racist model of intervention produces. Berman examines five case studies involving German individuals and their respective “missions” in Africa: Max Eyth in Egypt, Albert Schweitzer in Gabon, Ernst Udet in East Africa, Bodo Kirchoff in Somalia, and modern-day tourists in Kenya. These engineers, doctors, pilots, soldiers, and tourists believed that their presence and actions would benefit the respective…

Book details

List price: $50.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Publication date: 7/1/2004
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 274
Size: 5.91" wide x 9.84" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 1.254
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Prototypes



The modernizing mission : Max Eyth in Egypt



The civilizing mission : Albert Schweitzer in Gabon



The globalizing mission : Ernst Udet in East Africa



Successors



Humanitarian interventions : the German army and Bodo Kirchhoff in Somalia



Tourism : repeat visitors turned aid workers in Kenya


Conclusion



Statistics on German tourism in Kenya


Notes


Index