Britain and the International Committee of the Red Cross, 1939-1945 [electronic resource] /
Crossland, J.author.
James Crossland's work traces the history of the International Committee of the Red Cross' struggle to bring humanitarianism to the Second World War, by focusing on its tumultuous relationship with one of the conflict's key belligerents and masters of the blockade of the Third Reich, Great Britain.
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Cover; Contents; Plates; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I; 1 Britain and the Red Cross, 1864-1929; A conference in the city of Calvin; Humanity begins at home: the development of the British Red Cross; Britain and International Humanitarian Law; 2 Grandeur, Tribulation, Apocalypse, 1919-40; Geneva challenged: the road to 1939; Forgotten lessons and phoney war; Plate Section; Part II; 3 Prisoners and Parcels, 1940-1; Relations transformed: the prisoner of war crisis of 1940; ''One parcel, per man, per week''; Whitehall becomes ''POW minded''
4 Dependence and Divergence, 1941-2The system tested: the ICRC in the Mediterranean and the Far East; The limits of humanity; 5 Civilians and Ships, 1940-3; ''Victory before relief''; Greece and the White Ships; Broken visions; 6 Prestige and Credibility, 1942-3; Neutrality questioned; Carl J. Burckhardt''s ''Realpolitik Humanitarianism''; 7 Humanity and Götterdämmerung, 1944-5; Planning for liberation; ''War exists for the International Committee too''; Finest hour? The ICRC and the collapse of the Third Reich; 8 Relief and Redundancy, 1945-6; A new humanitarian order
The protector of the GermansConclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
James Crossland's work traces the history of the International Committee of the Red Cross' struggle to bring humanitarianism to the Second World War, by focusing on its tumultuous relationship with one of the conflict's key belligerents and masters of the blockade of the Third Reich, Great Britain.
International Committee of the Red Cross
International Committee of the Red Cross.
International Committee of the Red Cross.
World War (1939-1945)
World politics.
World War, 1939-1945.
Great Britain—History.
Military history.
Europe—History.
History, Modern.
Political History.
History of World War II and the Holocaust.
History of Britain and Ireland.
History of Military.
European History.
Modern History.