I highly recommend this book. Maren takes on that most sacred of cows: famine relief. He convincingly demonstratesthat in both Somalia and Rwanda the aid has been used for some pretty ghastly purposes.Not only is the book well argued and well researched by someone who has "walked the walk", its an interesting read as well. My one note: it probably makes sense to review the timeline at the back of the book occasionally while reading the book, to keep a sense of what's going on.