✨ Featured Offer
Brand New
$26.21
List Price: $18.95
🚚
See all 5 offers from $18.47 FREE standard delivery by: 31 Mar 2026
Overview
Shortlisted for the Fage and Oliver Prize 2018From December 2013, the largest Ebola outbreak in history swept across West Africa, claiming thousands of lives in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea. By the middle of 2014, the international community was gripped by hysteria. Experts grimly predicted that millions would be infected within months, and a huge international control effort was mounted to contain the virus. Yet paradoxically, by this point the disease was already going into decline in Africa itself. So why did outside observers get it so wrong?Paul Richards draws on his extensive first-hand experience in Sierra Leone to argue that the international community's panicky response failed to take account of local expertise and common sense. Crucially, Richards shows that the humanitarian response to the disease was most effective in those areas where it supported these initiatives and that it hampered recovery when it ignored or disregarded local knowledge.
| ISBN-13 | 9781783608584 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10 | 1783608587 |
| Weight | 0.53 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 5.46 x 0.57 x 8.54 In |
| List Price | $18.95 |
| Format | Paperback |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Pages | 192 pages |
| Publisher | Zed Books |
| Published On | 2016-09-15 |
View All Offers
Sort by:
Price
Condition
Seller
Seller Comments
Price
Used, Good
Seller details
SurplusTextSeller
Columbia, MO, USA
Ships in a BOX from Central Missouri! May not include working access code. Will not include dust j...
Free delivery by: 31 Mar 2026
Used, Good
Seller details
GreatBookPrices-
Columbia, MD, USA
Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 192 p. African Arguments. May show signs of wear, highlightin...
Free delivery by: 31 Mar 2026
✨ Brand New
Seller details
SurplusTextSeller
Columbia, MO, USA
Ships in a BOX from Central Missouri! UPS shipping for most packages, (Priority Mail for AK/HI/APO...
Free delivery by: 31 Mar 2026
Used, Like New
Seller details
GreatBookPrices-
Columbia, MD, USA
100% Money Back Guarantee. Brand New, Perfect Condition. We offer expedited shipping to all US locat...
Free delivery by: 31 Mar 2026
Brand New
Seller details
GreatBookPrices-
Columbia, MD, USA
100% Money Back Guarantee. Brand New, Perfect Condition. We offer expedited shipping to all US locat...
Free delivery by: 31 Mar 2026