Mass Starvation: The History and Future of Famine

by Alex de Waal

Book Overview

The world almost conquered famine. Until the 1980s, this scourge killed ten million people every decade, but by early 2000s mass starvation had all but disappeared. Today, famines are resurgent, driven by war, blockade, hostility to humanitarian principles and a volatile global economy.

In Mass Starvation, world-renowned expert on humanitarian crisis and response Alex de Waal provides an authoritative history of modern famines: their...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1509524665
• ISBN13: 9781509524662
• Release Date: January 2018
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"