Abbreviations IX Introduction 1 Part A. HUMANITARIAN ACTION IN FAMINES BETWEEN THEORY AND PRACTICE I. The Ethics of Humanitarian Action = 6 II. Humanitarian Ethics and Famine = 30 III. The History of Famine Aid = 52 Part B. FAMINE AID IN NORTH KOREA IV. The North Korean Famine: Causes and Scale = 94 V. The Political Environment of Aid = 122 VI. Humanitarian Space in North Korea = 156 VII. Dealing with Moral Dilemmas in North Korea = 216 VIII. Lessons and Conclusions = 258 Interviewees = 282 Bibliography = 285 Index = 297.