Benefits of Famine

First paperback edition with a new and updated author's introduction, and a Foreword by Douglas H. Johnson..The conflict in Darfur had a precursor in Sudan's famines of the 1980s and 1990s. David Keen's The Benefits of Famine presented a new and startling interpretation of the causes of war-induced famine. The book is now in paperback for the first time with a new and updated introduction by the author. The Benefits of Famine gives depth to understanding the Darfur crisis.DAVID KEEN is Professor of Complex Emergencies at the DevelopmentStudies Institute, London School of EconomicsNorth America: Ohio U Press; Uganda: Fountain Publishers