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  • Published: 1 September 2010
  • ISBN: 9781409064299
  • Imprint: Cornerstone Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 368

Where Soldiers Fear To Tread

At Work in the Fields of Anarchy




An extraordinary story of courage, tragedy and farce in one of the world's most dangerous civilian jobs - working for the UN and responding to humanitarian emergencies.

In 1998, on the lookout for adventure and willing to take a risk, John Burnett left the comforts of the mainstream and became a UN relief worker in Somalia. He was completely unprepared for the realities of working in a country without government or law, where the only authority comes from a loaded gun. Held at gunpoint by a child soldier, having to watching a baby die of malaria in his arms, the experience profoundly changed the way he saw the world.

  • Published: 1 September 2010
  • ISBN: 9781409064299
  • Imprint: Cornerstone Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 368

About the author

John Burnett

John Burnett is a former investigative reporter, and speechwriter for Congressmen in Washington. Getting out of politics, he worked for the US Department of Interior, before spending years as writer/adventurer and considerable time as a professional seaman.

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