Polman 's book '' War Games : The Story of Aid and War in Modern Times '' argued that humanitarian aid intervention often ended up fueling wars and making them worse . Her book cited the example of the Rwandan genocide , where humanitarian groups facilitated the flow of aid to Hutu militia who were involved with the killing , rather than the Tutsi who were genocide victims . Her work was discussed in '' The Guardian '' . The Humanitarian Policy Group at the Overseas Development Institute issued a written response to the book
Rwandan genocide
Rwandan genocide
Linda Polman