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Zusatztext "Peterson shows very clearly how and why the Somalia expedition went wrong -- this is as succinct and gripping an account as I've read of the debacle. It is a classic portrait of an army in its pomp -- ignorant, arrogant, and ripe for the humiliation that it suffered." -- Alex Renton, Evening Standard "Scott Peterson's eyewitness accounts of the wars in Somalia, Sudan, and Rwanda highlight not only the plight of the innocent victims, but his own attempts to live with the 'sickly sweet smell of death'. This relentless read is also a diatribe against those who perpetuate was, but sense of hope as he looks to a future that may, some day, bring peace." -- Shaunagh O'Connor Herald-Sun:Australia "In the 19902s, Africa was 'the laboratory of war' that would, in Scott Peterson's words, 'renew our understanding of the four horsemen of the apocalypse: war, famine, pestilence and death'. Reporting and takin gphotos for the international press, as the unnerving study shows, Peterson 'never once wrote a story about democracy' in Somalia, Sudan and Rwanda, but witnessed genocide in which'the killing was allowed to rage unchecked, then to burn itself out', while the world watched impotently." -- Tony Maniaty, The Weekend Australian Review "The appalling tragedies of Somalia, the Sudan, and Rwanda during the 1990s told with breath-stealing intensity by war correspondent Peterson...Just as Peterson intends, these exposures to war in Africa 'tear at your heart, and make you angry, very angry'." -- Kirkus Reviews "In chapter after chapter, the reader is drawn into the text, vicariously bearing witness to manifold crimes against humanity and also learning about the complexities of seeking solutions...poignant portraits of suffering...A terribly important book." "In Me Against My Brother Peterson reports from the killing fields of Somalia, Sudan and Rwanda. It is gripping stuff...This is a disturbing book. It should be required reading for all those charged with crafting America's African policy." "While Clinton and U.S. policyholders struggle to try to find ways to make Africa relevant to Americans, Peterson goes for the jugular. In dissecting how poverty, hunger, and vengeance plunged Africa's people into the depths of hell, he has also exposed the potential vileness in all of humanity. Perhaps understanding what led to clan warfare in Somalia, religious war in Sudan, and genocide in Rwanda will frighten us into making sure brothers never turn against brothers in our own homes." -- The Boston Book Review "These are tales of war and war crimes, of food shortages and international relief efforts, of devastating terror and astonishing resilience. Peterson thoughtfully assesses the consequences of UN intervention in Somalia (and failure to intervene in Sudan and Rwanda); he offers nuanced analysis of the argument that international food aid has extended war in the Sudan, and suggests Western nations alternate between arrogance and indifference in their dealings with Africa. A worthy new contribution to the study of disruption in the developing world as a counterweight to dreams of a new world order." -- Booklist "It has the immediacy and vividness of eyewitness testimony...His reporting is visceral and close to the ground...Peterson neither flinches from the appalling bloodshed nor closes his mind to the many scenes of generosity and honorable conduct...With tribal, ethnic and religious conflicts now so pervasive, the lessons Peterson communicates about Africa should claim the attention of everyone trying to make sense of today's world." -- Publishers Weekly "The appalling tragedies of Somalia, the Sudan and Rwanda during the 1990s told with breath-stealing intensity by war correspondent Peterson. . . . Just as Peterson intends, these exposures to war in Africa 'tear at your heart, and make you angry, very an...
