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Britain and the International Committee of the Red Cross, 1939-1945

Title
Britain and the International Committee of the Red Cross, 1939-1945 / James Crossland, Lecturer in History, Murdoch University, Australia.
Author
Crossland, James (Historian)
Publication
Houndsmill, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014

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Description
xiv, 269 pages, 5 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 23 cm
Summary
"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."--Publishers website
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-258) and index.
Contents
Britain and the Red Cross, 1864-1929 -- Grandeur, tribulation, apocalypse, 1919-40 -- Prisoners and parcels, 1940-1 -- Dependence and divergence, 1941-2 -- Civilians and ships, 1940-3 -- Prestige and credibility, 1942-3 -- Humanity and Götterdämmerung, 1944-5 -- Relief and redundancy, 1945-6.
Call Number
JFD 14-592
ISBN
  • 1137399554
  • 9781137399557
OCLC
864994151
Author
Crossland, James (Historian)
Title
Britain and the International Committee of the Red Cross, 1939-1945 / James Crossland, Lecturer in History, Murdoch University, Australia.
Publisher
Houndsmill, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-258) and index.
Research Call Number
JFD 14-592
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