{"product_id":"three-famines-starvation-and-politics-paperback","title":"Three Famines: Starvation and Politics - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eThomas Keneally\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFamine may be triggered by nature but its outcome arises from politics and ideology. In \u003ci\u003eThree Famines\u003c\/i\u003e, award-winning author Thomas Keneally uncovers the troubling truth -- that sustained widespread hunger is historically the outcome of government neglect and individual venality. Through the lens of three of the most disastrous famines in modern history -- the potato famine in Ireland, the famine in Bengal in 1943, and the string of famines that plagued Ethiopia in the 1970s and 1980s -- Keneally shows how ideology, mindsets of governments, racial preconceptions, and administrative incompetence were, ultimately, more lethal than the initiating blights or crop failures. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this compelling narrative, Keneally recounts the histories of these events while vividly evoking the terrible cost of famine at the level of the individual who starves and the nation that withers.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThomas Keneally\u003c\/b\u003e won the Booker Prize in 1982 with Schindler's Ark, later made into the Academy Award-winning film \u003ci\u003eSchindler's List\u003c\/i\u003e by Steven Spielberg. He has written ten works of non-fiction, including his recent memoir \u003ci\u003eSearching for Schindler\u003c\/i\u003e. His novels \u003ci\u003eThe Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith, Gossip From the Forest\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eConfederates\u003c\/i\u003e were all shortlisted for the Booker Prize, while \u003ci\u003eBring Larks and Heroes\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThree Cheers for the Parclete\u003c\/i\u003e won the Miles Franklin Award. He lives in Australia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.9 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 04, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53638112346445,"sku":"9781610391870","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/cFg5azV3M1lQUjFaM0dyU3lrZjhpQT09.webp?v=1775033411","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/three-famines-starvation-and-politics-paperback","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}