num_pages: 320
description: A stunning personal narrative of best intentions gone awry, Michael Maren, at one time an aid worker and journalist in Somalia, writes of the failure of international charities, such as CARE and Save the Children, who he claims does anything but. Maren also attacks the United Nation's "humanitarian" missions are controlled by agribusinesses and infighting bureaucrats.
language: English
title: The Road to Hell
titlecomplete: The Road to Hell
genres: Somalia, History, Travel, International Relations, Economics, International Development, Politics, Activism, Africa, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 365
publisher: Free Press