Road to Hell

Breaking away from my food slant, I finally read "The Road to Hell: The ravaging effects of foreign aid and international charity" by Michael Maren. Just as most people love to read a tell-all book, I was dying for some juicy gossip into foreign aid. But to be honest, there wasn't as much tell-all as I was hoping for. What this book is about is how the US and UN really screwed up Somalia in the 1980s and 1990s through poor cold-war policies, food-aid, and not really caring for the Somalis. There are only two NGOs scrutinized (CARE and Save The Children). Yes, they are sleazy at times, but the US government, through USAID, was aiding, abetting, and providing contracts to these organizations to distribute food to a country that could more or less feed itself.
It is a great book for a case study on international aid gone wrong in a certain political context, but it still leaves me searching for a book with a more global view of international aid. I'd really like to read a book that can highlight failed cases AND successful cases.
Also, the book was printed in 1997, so naturally I'd like to see an update to see what has happened over the last decade.
Bottom line - great for a viewpoint on how charities like CARE and Save the Children really get their operating money and how destructive political policies can be to a country.