North Korea and the Timeless Dilemma of Aid

Famine aid in North Korea was, and continues to be, accompanied by controversies and disputes. Based upon the North Korean case and other famine aid missions in the past, this book analyzes the timeless dilemma of aid and puts a number of recent debates surrounding today's humanitarianism into perspective.

Dr. Michael Schloms has worked as a visiting scholar at the Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB). He has also published a number of articles on international humanitarian action.