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of life is so superior we must convert 
all to it! 
This book makes a plea of the same 
kind made in the Ugly American — 
that real help via technologies from 
the Occident does not lie in resource 
projects, resettlements, and jobs that 
destroy the fabric of the nomad’s so- 
ciety, but in simple improvements that 
make life a little easier and richer. 
Gauthier-Pilters shows how simple, 
cheap improvements to existing wells 
would not only insure a better supply 
of clean water — the only kind camels 
will drink — but above all, could get 
watering done more quickly and thus 
save pastures in the vicinity of wells 
from depletion. Her knowledgeable 
treatment of the problems of grazing 
and watering in the Sahara are rec- 
ommended reading for anyone inter- 
ested in the problems of the Sahel. 
This is an important book written 
by two eminently competent scientists 
after long studies and with due social 
and historical perspective. I cannot 
overstate that. Whether such a book 
could be written thirty years hence 
is doubtful; native cultures are rapidly 
collapsing, impoverishing all of us. In 
view of the book’s significance, my 
minor disagreements and critiques 
would be quibbles. I recommend this 
book; please read it. 
Valerius Geist is professor of envi- 
ronmental science on the Faculty of 
Environmental Design at the Univer- 
sity of Calgary in Canada. 
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