Life, Death and Aid: The Medecins Sans Frontieres Report on World Crisis Intervention.

• Author: Fruchtbaum, Harold

Edited by Francois Jean Routledge, London and New York, 1993 160 pp. ISBN 0-415-10550-1

Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) describes itself as "the world's largest independent organization for emergency medical aid". Founded in 1971 by physicians "disillusioned with the political conditions attached to aid operations", it assists "all populations affected by war and natural disasters, regardless of government consent". The independence of MSF is well-reflected in this report on "the ten most urgent humanitarian...