A superb book that shines a spotlight into critical but neglected issues. It promises to open up an essential and urgent debate on humanitarian values in today s polarized politics. --Alex de Waal, author of Darfur and coauthor of Advocacy in Conflict"

With more and more aid money being diverted to serve national security interests, Gill challenges those NGOs that signed up as force multipliers for Western governments and got rich on the proceeds. An important book for all those who care about the future of our world. --John Hilary, executive director, War on Want"

Gill challenges our assumptions about the neutrality of aid in conflict. His book is a must read for anyone concerned about the humanitarian aid business.
--Richard Dowden, author of Africa: Altered States, Everyday Miracles"

Peter Gill is a journalist specialising in developing world affairs. He has been South Asia and Middle East correspondent for the Daily Telegraph and has travelled widely in Africa and Asia as a current affairs reporter for ITV, the BBC and Channel 4. He covered the fall of Saigon for the Daily Telegraph and made three documentary films on Afghanistan during the Soviet occupation. He led major media campaigns to combat AIDS and leprosy in India for the BBC, and has written four books on development themes, including a study of Oxfam's early work and two books on the politics of hunger in Ethiopia.

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