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Author | : Neville Wylie |
Publisher | : Manchester University Press |
Total Pages | : 512 |
Release | : 2020-03-26 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1526133539 |
This book offers new and exciting scholarship on the history of the Red Cross Movement by leading historians in the field. It re-imagines and re-evaluates the Red Cross as an institutional network and a key actor in the humanitarian space through two centuries of war and peace.
Author | : Hans Haug |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 690 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Human rights |
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Author | : Jane Bingham |
Publisher | : Heinemann-Raintree Library |
Total Pages | : 52 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780739866139 |
The aims of the Red Cross Movement range from helping the victims of armed conflicts and natural disasters to running first aid courses in the local community. This book looks at the history and structure of the movement and examines its values and activities. It assesses the impact of the movement's international work in a number of areas and describes the challenges it will face in the future.
Author | : Henry Dunant |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 118 |
Release | : 1911 |
Genre | : Red Cross and Red Crescent |
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Author | : Robin Geiß |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 281 |
Release | : 2017-06-15 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 1107171350 |
An analysis of the role of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in international norm creation and the progressive development of international humanitarian law.
Author | : Leslie Burger |
Publisher | : Lerner Publishing Group |
Total Pages | : 84 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780822526988 |
Provides a history of the Red Cross and discusses the philosophy and work of the societies that are part of this international organization.
Author | : Shai M. Dromi |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 239 |
Release | : 2020-01-24 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 022668024X |
From Lake Chad to Iraq, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) provide relief around the globe, and their scope is growing every year. Policy makers and activists often assume that humanitarian aid is best provided by these organizations, which are generally seen as impartial and neutral. In Above the Fray, Shai M. Dromi investigates why the international community overwhelmingly trusts humanitarian NGOs by looking at the historical development of their culture. With a particular focus on the Red Cross, Dromi reveals that NGOs arose because of the efforts of orthodox Calvinists, demonstrating for the first time the origins of the unusual moral culture that has supported NGOs for the past 150 years. Drawing on archival research, Dromi traces the genesis of the Red Cross to a Calvinist movement working in mid-nineteenth-century Geneva. He shows how global humanitarian policies emerged from the Red Cross founding members’ faith that an international volunteer program not beholden to the state was the only ethical way to provide relief to victims of armed conflict. By illustrating how Calvinism shaped the humanitarian field, Dromi argues for the key role belief systems play in establishing social fields and institutions. Ultimately, Dromi shows the immeasurable social good that NGOs have achieved, but also points to their limitations and suggests that alternative models of humanitarian relief need to be considered.
Author | : Clara Barton |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 700 |
Release | : 1898 |
Genre | : Red Cross |
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Author | : Pierre Boissier |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 406 |
Release | : 1985 |
Genre | : War |
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Author | : Rainer Baudendistel |
Publisher | : Berghahn Books |
Total Pages | : 360 |
Release | : 2006-05-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1782388729 |
The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have highlighted again the precarious situation aid agencies find themselves in, caught as they are between the firing lines of the hostile parties, as they are trying to alleviate the plight of the civilian populations. This book offers an illuminating case study from a previous conflict, the Italo-Ethiopian war of 1935-36, and of the humanitarian operation of the Red Cross during this period. Based on fresh material from Red Cross and Italian military archives, the author examines highly controversial subjects such as the Italian bombings of Red Cross field hospitals, the treatment of Prisoners of War by the two belligerents; and the effects of Fascist Italy’s massive use of poison gas against the Ethiopians. He shows how Mussolini and his ruthless regime, throughout the seven-month war, manipulated the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) – the lead organization of the Red Cross in times of war, helped by the surprising political naïveté of its board. During this war the ICRC redefined its role in a debate, which is fascinating not least because of its relevance to current events, about the nature of humanitarian action. The organization decided to concern itself exclusively with matters falling under the Geneva Conventions and to give priority to bringing relief over expressing protest. It was a decision that should have far-reaching consequences, particularly for the period of World War II and the fate of Jews in Nazi concentration camps.