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Developing a prototype handbook for monitoring and evaluating Department of Defense humanitarian as… Developing a prototype handbook for monitoring and evaluating Department of Defense humanitarian as… Marla C. Haims Humanitarian assistance has long been a part of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) in direct support of the broader strategic goals underlying U.S. policy, such as reconstruction and stabilization.… OL16489497W
Saving Haiti's heritage Saving Haiti's heritage Richard Kurin "The aim of the Haiti Cultural Recovery Project was to rescue, recover, safeguard, and help restore Haitian cultural materials damaged and endangered by the January 12, 2010 earthquake and its afterm… OL16494868W
The Big Truck That Went By The Big Truck That Went By Jonathan M. Katz Published to glowing reviews, The Big Truck That Went By is a crucial look at a signal failure of international aid. Jonathan M. Katz was the only full-time American news correspondent in Haiti o… OL16813109W
The lucky few The lucky few Jan K. Herman "As the Vietnam War reached its tragic climax in the last days of April 1975, a task force of U.S. Navy ships cruised off South Vietnam's coast. The Lucky Few focuses on the role of USS Kirk in the r… OL19706568W
Fierce enigmas Fierce enigmas Srinath Raghavan "South Asia looms large in American foreign policy. Over the past two decades, we have spent billions of dollars and thousands of human lives in the region, to seemingly little effect. As Srinath Rag… OL19763406W
Three cups of deceit Three cups of deceit Jon Krakauer Argues that author and humanitarian Greg Mortenson, noted for his campaign to open schools for girls in Pakistan and Afghanistan, has not been truthful about his past, his reasons for opening schools… OL19950171W
To be a friend is fatal To be a friend is fatal Kirk W. Johnson "In January 2005 Kirk Johnson, then twenty-four, arrived in Baghdad as USAID’s only Arabic-speaking American employee. Despite his opposition to the war, Johnson felt called to civic duty and wanted … OL19970482W
They are all my family They are all my family John P. Riordan "In the chaotic final days of the Vietnam War in April 1975, as Americans fled and their Vietnamese allies and employees prepared for the worst, John Riordan, the assistant manager of Citibank's Saig… OL19998739W
Se chan ŭi ch'a Se chan ŭi ch'a Greg Montenson One man's campaign to build schools in the most dangerous, remote, and anti-American reaches of Asia: in 1993 Greg Mortenson was an American mountain-climbing bum wandering emaciated and lost through… OL26445825W
Stones into schools Stones into schools Greg Mortenson From the author of the #1 bestseller Three Cups of Tea, the continuing story of this determined humanitarian's efforts to promote peace through educationIn this dramatic first-person narrative, Greg … OL5844963W