Emergency Sex

Early in the 1990s, three young people are attempting to alter not only their lives but potentially the entire globe. In Cambodia, where their fortunes are to become inexorably linked, Andrew, Ken, and Heidi cross paths due to their attraction to the UN's ambitious global peacekeeping operation. Their experiences intertwine throughout the ensuing years as they pass through war-torn, lawless nations like Haiti, Rwanda, Bosnia, Somalia, and Bosnia, where the UN's intervention is more necessary than anywhere else. The three, motivated by ideals, fight to do the best they can while being entangled in a maze of bureaucracy and ineffective leadership. In an effort to retain their humanity as disenchantment sets in, they engage in black humor, celebration, and "emergency sex."

Emergency Sex is a brutal and heartbreaking film that explores urgent global issues without ever losing sight of the individual. The book sparked a great deal of controversy upon its initial release because of its harsh criticism of the West's disregard for developing nations and the UN's recurrent unwillingness to take effective action. The book was called for to be banned by Kofi Annan, and discussion regarding the UN's future course ensued. It is a book that has generated a lot of buzz since it is so masterfully written and mordantly humorous.

The most notorious novel about providing humanitarian relief is probably Emergency Sex (and Other Desperate Measures). The book takes readers on a tangled journey via the experiences of three young professionals who join the UN. Emergency Sex blends real-life experiences of working on the front lines of humanitarian situations with an expose of the UN bureaucracy and a critique of the West's ineffective responses to global issues, from Cambodia to Rwanda, Bosnia to Serbia.

Emergency Sex is a must-read for anyone interested in humanitarian work or the United Nations. It is both famous and infamous in equal measure. The book is brutally honest in showing how idealism may result in despair as the authors work their way through the convoluted layers of UN bureaucracy and ineffective leadership. Emergency Sex, which is very frank, humorous, moving, and critical, generated a lot of controversy when it was released.

Author: Andrew Thomson, Heidi Postlewait and Kenneth Cain
Link to buy: https://www.amazon.com/Emergency-Sex-Other-Desperate-Measures/dp/0091908868/
Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars (from 168 reviews)
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