Where Soldiers Fear to Tread A Relief Worker's Tale of Survival

Name: Where Soldiers Fear to Tread A Relief Worker's Tale of Survival
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ISBN: 9780553382600

ISBN-10: 0553382608

ISBN-13: 9780553382600

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Authors: John Burnett

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" There is going to be a shooting here and it is a toss-up who is going to get the boy' s first round. The soldier, about ten years old, is jamming the barrel of his gun hard against my driver' s face, and unless the kid decides to go for me, the relief worker, my driver is going to get his head blown off." Where Soldiers Fear to Tread John Burnett survived this ordeal and others during his service as a relief worker in Somalia. But many did not. In this gripping firsthand account, Burnett shares his experiences during the flood relief operations of 1997 to 1998. Ravaged by monsoons, starvation, and feuding warlords, Somalia continues to be one of the most dangerous places on earth. Both…

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List price: $16.00
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Publication date: 6/27/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.594



Prologue


Introduction



Will the Last One to Leave Please Turn Off the Lights?



The Crisis



The Consultant



The Contract



The Shooter



Help Us, Don't Kill Us



Planning Our Escape



Me, I Wouldn't Fly It



A Mother's Gift



Suffer the Little Children



Yo Ho Ho and a Sprig of Qat



Who Invited You Here?



I Will Not Drop Blood



Nobody Knows Where the Bullets Go



One of the Local Girls



Saved by the Bush



Death Be Not Proud



Gentle Sleeps the Night



The Tribe of the Damned



Python in the Bath



Blood Sport



Heaven Is Just a Sin Away



A Rolling Stone and a Squeaky Wheel



One of the Boys



Death of an Angel


Epilogue


Afterword-The Broken Gate


Notes


Acknowledgments


Bibliography


About the Author