Emergency Sex and Other Desperate Measures
Title page for Emergency Sex and Other Desperate Measures: A True Story from Hell on Earth (2004) | |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Memoir |
| Publisher | Hyperion |
Publication date | 2004 |
| Publication place | United States |
| ISBN | 1-4013-5201-4 |
Emergency Sex and Other Desperate Measures: A True Story from Hell on Earth, by Heidi Postlewait, Kenneth Cain and Andrew Thomson, is a 2004 memoir of three young people who join the United Nations (UN) during the 1990s. It recounts the authors' experiences during the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia and UN peacekeeping operations.
The book is critical of some aspects of the United Nations and its operations. Figures within the UN, including Shashi Tharoor and Kofi Annan, criticised the authors for releasing the book. It was adapted into a 2007 stage play.