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1	A Bed for the Night: Humanitarianism in Crisis more books like this by David Rieff add to wishlist Rieff examines the unique role that humanitarian agencies play and addresses the question of whether their advocacy and increasingly close working relationships with governments may have co-opted them. He draws lessons from Bosnia, Rwanda, Kosovo, and Afghanistan. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Swimming in a Sea of Death: A Son's Memoir more books like this by David Rieff add to wishlist Both a memoir and an investigation, Rieffs tribute to his mother--writer Susan Sontag--explores her final battle with cancer and looks at the state of medical science and leading cancer physicians who combine treating patients with pursuing the cutting edge of research. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Crimes of War: What the Public Should Know 2.0 more books like this by Roy Gutman (Editor), David Rieff (Editor), Anthony Dworkin (Editor) add to wishlist Originally published in 1999, "Crimes of War", the "brilliant" ("The Guardian") A-to-Z guidebook of wartime atrocities has received worldwide acclaim and has been translated into eleven languages. Substantially updated, this "useful collection" ("The Times") has sixteen new entries. More than 140 distinguished experts from the media, military, law ... see all copies from $11.03! new only from $15.63! \| SVS
4	Slaughterhouse: Bosnia and the Failure of the West more books like this by David Rieff add to wishlist Reporting from the Bosnian war zone, American author David Rieff indicts the West and the UN for standing by at the annihilation. Travelling extensively in Bosnia for more than two years, he made his way from Sarajevo to the other besieged cities and villages, and like the European Bosnians he could not believe, at first, what he was witnessing - ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.24! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Crimes of War: What the Public Should Know more books like this by Roy Gutman (Preface by), David Rieff (Preface by) add to wishlist For everyone who wants to become better informed about the news, this book lays out the benchmarks for monitoring the watchdogs and governments. Published to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions, it illustrates what is legal in war and what is not. The text presents reportage of contemporary journalism while the A-Z format ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.99! \| SVS
6	Reborn: Journals and Notebooks, 1947-1963 more books like this by Susan Sontag, David Rieff (Editor) add to wishlist This first of three volumes of Susan Sontag's journals and notebooks presents a constantly and utterly surprising record of a great mind in incubation. "Reborn" is a kaleidoscopic self-portrait of one of America's greatest writers and intellectuals. see all copies from $7.86! new only from $7.86! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Los Angeles: Capital of the Third World more books like this by David Rieff add to wishlist The author looks at L.A., that incarnation of the American dream, and finds the place and the fantasy radically transformed by the new immigrants from Asia and Latin America, who have been arriving in their millions, both legally and illegally, over the past 20 years. Instead of Hollywood writ large and fantasies of material bliss come true, the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	The Exile: Cuba in the Heart of Miami more books like this by David Rieff add to wishlist David Rieff, author of "Los Angeles: Capital of the Third World", provides a personal and anecdotal examination of the phenomenon of Cuban exiles in south Florida, and their bittersweet experience of being torn between the imagined Eden of their home and their success in America. Exiled since the rise of Castro in 1959, in a foreign city less than ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.60! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	At the Point of a Gun: Democratic Dreams and Armed Intervention more books like this by David Rieff add to wishlist From the acclaimed author of "A Bed for the Night," named one of the best nonfiction books of the year by the "Los Angeles Times," comes a provocative argument against armed humanitarian or human rights intervention. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Going to Miami more books like this by David Rieff add to wishlist The author removes Miami's masks, exploring the flashy tourist shops, the conservative Cuban community, the struggling Haitian and black populations, and the resentful Anglo community. Accurately depicts the new variations of opportunity and immigration found in this changing city. see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
11	Going to Miami: Exiles, Tourists and Refugees in the New America more books like this by David Rieff add to wishlist Miami has been fashioned by many different groups of people and the author traces this aspect, from the time when real-estate hucksters invented it and architects made it into a theme park of Moorish Spain, to its present day inhabitants. In particular, David Rieff looks at the different nationalities which make up Miami's present population, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.00! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	The United States and Latin America more books like this by David Rieff, Jorge I Dominguez, Sebastian Edwards add to wishlist see all copies from $32.78! new only from $32.78!
13	Humanities in Review 1 more books like this by Dworkin, David Rieff add to wishlist The articles in this volume cover a wide range of intellectually exciting issues, written by people who were considered at the summit of their fields of enquiry. Though the individual topics addressed are diverse, each article can be taken as representative of 'humanistic understanding' of its stated subject. The volume is the first of a series ... see all copies from $74.00! first editions
14 view cover	Reborn: Early Diaries, 1947-1964 by Susan Sontag, David Rieff (Preface by) add to wishlist 'I intend to do everything ...I shall anticipate pleasure everywhere and find it too, for it is everywhere! I shall involve myself wholly ...everything matters!' So wrote Susan Sontag in May 1949 at the age of sixteen, in the early pages of this selection from her private diaries written in her youth and early adulthood. "Reborn" is a ... see all copies from $28.32! new only from $38.63!
15	A Punta De Pistola by Rieff David add to wishlist see all copies from $20.77! new only from $20.78!
16 view cover	Swimming in the Sea of Death: A Son's Memoir by David Rieff add to wishlist Rieff's loving tribute to his mother, the writer Susan Sontag, and her final battle with cancer. He tries to understand what it means to desire so desparately, as his mother did to the end of her life, to try almost anything in order to go on living. see all copies from $31.90! new only from $31.90!
17	Crimes De Guerre: Ce Que Nous Devons Savoir by David; Gutman Rieff, Roy add to wishlist see all copies from $113.50! new only from $113.50!
18	Mort D'Une Inconsolee. Les Derniers Jours De Susan Sontag by Rieff David add to wishlist see all copies from $68.50! new only from $68.50!
19	Los Angeles: Capital of the Third World by David Rieff add to wishlist David Rieff went to Los Angeles just before the city was devastated by the worst rioting in 25 years. It came as no surprise, for instead of fantasies of material bliss come true, he found a fractured city transformed by the new immigrants from Asia and Latin America. see all copies from $2.19!
20	A Punta De Pistola (Spanish Edition) by David Rieff add to wishlist see all copies from $2.00!

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