Terry focuses on four historically relevant cases: Rwandan camps in Zaire, Afghan camps in Pakistan, Salvadoran and Nicaraguan camps in Honduras, and Cambodian camps in Thailand. Terry was the head of the French section of Medecins sans frontieres Doctors Without Borders when it withdrew from the Rwandan refugee camps in Zaire because aid intended for refugees actually strengthened those responsible for perpetrating genocide.
This book contains documents from the former Rwandan army and government that were found in the refugee camps after they were attacked in late This material illustrates how combatants manipulate humanitarian action to their benefit.
Condemned to Repeat? The author stresses that, if international agencies are to meet the needs of populations in crisis, their organizational behavior must adjust to the wider political and socioeconomic contexts in which aid occurs. Paperback , pages. More Details Original Title. Other Editions 2. Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up.
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Start your review of Condemned to Repeat? May 15, Annum rated it really liked it. This is more for my own memory but, a few things worth noting about this book.
With limited historical knowledge of each of the case studies, I had a lot to learn. C I can tell Terry comes from a background where she has thought about these issues a lot and she references a lot of people who seem to be important in the field as well.
The level of detail she goes into and the perspectives she captures are incredible. Her central message about the humanitarian imperative being used to prioritize the technical delivery of aid rather than grappling with the potential consequences or holding states accountable to preventing such horrors is one that resonated with me.
Jan 07, Shane rated it liked it Shelves: default. Not a text to rush through. Terry makes her case with significant support. The case studies were a haunting reminder of the failures of humanitarian aid work. While she presents clearly the failures, what would have been helpful would be examples of humanitarianism in line with her conceptual framework of how situations should be handled.
Oct 30, Annabell Asare rated it it was amazing. The Paradox of Humanitarian Action, Fiona Terry draws on her own personal experiences in her work in aid to address the negative consequences of humanitarian intervention. Much like Anderson, Terry describes how the humanitarian aid system, despite its good intentions, can contribute to warring factions and political dissent.
While the intention is to help refugee camps and create safe spaces for the civilian population, international aid programs often are used as a reso In Condemned to Repeat? In the introduction and chapter one, the author immediately shares personal fieldwork experience specifically in Rwanda and Tanzania. Terry shares that ultimately the goal of this book is to address how humanitarian aid can fail to produce meaningful and consistent results that do not conflict with the needs of refugees.
Ultimately, the work is to detail why several humantian projects eventually became corrupt, with aid programs unknowingly supporting combatants, thus contributing to the suffering of the intended recipients, victims of war. Terry, Fiona. Condemned to Repeat? See the discussions in Mary B. The Paradox of Humanitarian Action Ithaca, Murphy, Sean D.
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. The Paradox ofHumanitarian Action. See for instance F.
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