tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15793551.post717528532190286483..comments2023-07-14T01:19:48.535+02:00Comments on hyperdialog : Ola Alexander Frisk: Who Are The International War Criminals Committing and Profiting From War Crimes in Yemen? – By Theodore McIntireUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15793551.post-36246122537561266562018-02-03T14:30:44.567+01:002018-02-03T14:30:44.567+01:00Mass Starvation as a Political Weapon
A new book ...Mass Starvation as a Political Weapon<br /><br />A new book details the history—and future—of famine around the world<br /><br />Tufts University, January 18, 2018<br /><br />...<br /><br />Tufts Now: In the popular imagination, famine is often connected with too many people and too little food—that is, with overpopulation and low agricultural production due to natural disasters such as drought. How does that line up with reality?<br /><br />Alex de Waal: That is nonsense. Famine is a very specific political product of the way in which societies are run, wars are fought, governments are managed. The single overwhelming element in Alex de Waal. Photo: Kelvin MaAlex de Waal. Photo: Kelvin Macausation—in three-quarters of the famines and three-quarters of the famine deaths—is political agency. Yet we still tend to be gripped by this idea that famine is a natural calamity.<br /><br />...<br /><br />http://now.tufts.edu/articles/mass-starvation-political-weapon<br /><br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_de_WaalOAFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05147887803174793201noreply@blogger.com