A searing account of three interconnected global crises that defined the 2010s, and a powerful invitation to respond with compassionate solidarity.
In Ebola, Bombs, and Migrants, Dr. Joanne Liu, former International President of Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières, draws on frontline experience to examine three major humanitarian crises of the 2010s, revealing the global obsession with national security and its capacity to overshadow our responsibility to protect vulnerable populations.
Since the early 2000s, a world shaped by 9/11 has retreated into fear, strengthening borders and eroding the mechanisms of international cooperation. From West Africa to the Mediterranean and into Afghanistan, Dr. Liu shows how, despite the best efforts of frontline responders, the international community has repeatedly chosen containment over compassion, and politics over principle.
This urgent, authoritative work urges readers to connect past tragedies to current circumstances, reckoning with the cost of disengagement to ultimately reclaim a vision of shared humanity in the face of global crisis.
A searing account of three interconnected global crises that defined the 2010s, and a powerful invitation to respond with compassionate solidarity.
In Ebola, Bombs, and Migrants, Dr. Joanne Liu, former International President of Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières, draws on frontline experience to examine three major humanitarian crises of the 2010s, revealing the global obsession with national security and its capacity to overshadow our responsibility to protect vulnerable populations.
Since the early 2000s, a world shaped by 9/11 has retreated into fear, strengthening borders and eroding the mechanisms of international cooperation. From West Africa to the Mediterranean and into Afghanistan, Dr. Liu shows how, despite the best efforts of frontline responders, the international community has repeatedly chosen containment over compassion, and politics over principle.
This urgent, authoritative work urges readers to connect past tragedies to current circumstances, reckoning with the cost of disengagement to ultimately reclaim a vision of shared humanity in the face of global crisis.
| Published By | House of Anansi Press Inc — Oct 13, 2026 |
| Specifications | 272 pages | 5.5 in x 8.5 in |
| Written By |
JOANNE LIU has spent most of the last thirty years working for Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders, where she also held term as international president. In 2015, Liu was made an Officer of the Ordre national du Québec and was recognized by Time Magazine as one of the 100 Most Influential People of that year. She is a recipient of several recognitions, the Légion d'honneur of the French Republic, and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Award for Health Services Management and Leadership (2021), and the Meritorious Service Cross of Canada. |
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JOANNE LIU has spent most of the last thirty years working for Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders, where she also held term as international president. In 2015, Liu was made an Officer of the Ordre national du Québec and was recognized by Time Magazine as one of the 100 Most Influential People of that year. She is a recipient of several recognitions, the Légion d'honneur of the French Republic, and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Award for Health Services Management and Leadership (2021), and the Meritorious Service Cross of Canada. |
“A composed and contained testament to the work of saving lives.” — Kirkus Reviews
“Timely, urgent, and important … [Ebola, Bombs, and Migrants gives] us hope to keep fighting for solidarity.” —Prof. Madhukar Pai, Canada Research Chair in Epidemiology & Global Health at McGill University
“[Ebola, Bombs, and Migrants] offers a roadmap for the next generation of pragmatic idealists to navigate the moral dilemmas of their age.” —Jason Cone, former executive director of MSF USA, and co-founder of BlueCheck Ukraine
“Joanne Liu’s personal accounts offer a human lens to the headlines, and lay a path forward in considering how to come face to face with our fellow humans in need.” —Dr James Orbinski, former MSF President of the International Council, author of An Imperfect Offering: Humanitarian Action in the Twenty-First Century
"Joanne Liu is a true woman of valour … This is an unforgettable account.” —Bob Rae, former Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations