A Cause for Our Times: Oxfam : the First 50 YearsPublished to coincide with its 50th anniversary, this history charts Oxfam's evolution from a small, localized, war-time charity to Britain's largest overseas aid agency. |
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Fanatics softheads and sentimental idealists | 1 |
the moral aftermath of war | 22 |
Asylum is an affair of the heart | 41 |
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