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# An Imperfect Offering: Humanitarian Action for the Twenty-First Century Paperback – September 29, 2009

**Brand:** james orbinski
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- **What is this?** An Imperfect Offering: Humanitarian Action for the Twenty-First Century Paperback – September 29, 2009 by james orbinski
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Humanitarianism in the World's Worst Trouble Spots
  

*by T***R on Reviewed in the United States on October 17, 2011*

Orbinski's stories about his career with Doctors Without Borders (aka Medicins Sans Frontieres) takes us to various trouble spots ranging from South America to Afghanistan and Ethiopia and he makes a courageous effort to help those affected by war and famine. Much of the book deals with the African nation of Rwanda, during the genocide of 1994 in which he witnessed unbelievable atrocities as a million people were slaughtered in a 100 days while the world basically did little more than look on. The United Nations actually reduced its commitment during the worst of the killings and managed to save only a handful of lives. The book does not flinch from describing terrible and unbelievably cruel acts but it is an important book to read - afterall the atrocities in Rwanda could be repeated again in a continent noted for less than competent governments, poor economic management and terrible acts of violence.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Amazing story, Horrid editing
  

*by M***E on Reviewed in the United States on March 20, 2013*

While I found Obiniski's experiences and observations to be first-rate, I was downright angry about the incredibly sloppy proof-reading of this book. There were error on every page, and I don't mean little persnickety ones. How a publisher could allow the egregious mistakes to remain is beyond me. For example: FAR was used as an acronym (Fellowship for African Relief) early in the book; thereafter, every time the word far appeared it was capitalized: "they were FAR away," "we saw FAR too many errors," etc. Frequently acronyms were capitalized appropriately for awhile and then appeared in non-caps for awhile and then suddenly would reappear in caps.The mistakes were so numerous, blatant, and aggravating that I nearly stopped reading the book. Only Orbinski's talent and wisdom kept me turning the pages.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Eye opening book, how fortunate we are to not be born in a third world country.
  

*by F***Z on Reviewed in the United States on November 8, 2017*

All students should read this book.  So many dying that theres hardly anyone to dispose the bodies.  What happens to the bodies? Stray dogs.  Reminds me of the show the walking dead in some ways.  I think most of the world is ignorant about what a real struggle is and how important it is that as our technology gets better our humanity should exceed or keep the same pace.

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