A Bed for the Night: Humanitarianism in Crisis

In David Rieff's latest book, 'A Bed for the Night: Humanitarianism in Crisis ' the author supposes: What if this (humanitarian) revolution is really a comforting and self-flattering fantasy? What if the rise of the humanitarian movement actually conceals the fact that the world is getting bloodier even as its values get better, and that humanitarian action amounts to little more than putting Band-Aids on a malignant tumor? For the author, in order for humanitarianism to function in this evolving and complicated environment, it has to be neutral or it is nothing.