Research Catalog

Title

The humanitarians : the International Committee of the Red Cross / David P. Forsythe.

Author

Forsythe, David P., 1941-

Publication

Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.

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Description

xv, 356 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

"The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) coordinates the world's largest private relief system for conflict situations. This book examines the ICRC from its origins in the middle of the nineteenth century up to the present day, and provides a comprehensive overview of a unique organization, whose governing body remains all-Swiss, but which is recognized in international law and in other legal arrangements as if it were an inter-governmental organization. David Forsythe focuses on the policy making and field work of the ICRC, while not ignoring international humanitarian law. He explores how it exercises its independence, impartiality, and neutrality to try to protect prisoners in Iraq, displaced and starving civilians in Somalia, and families separated by conflict in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

• International Committee of the Red Cross
• International Committee of the Red Cross > History
• Comité international de la Croix-Rouge
• Comité international de la Croix-Rouge > Histoire
• International relief
• Rode Kruis
• Internationale hulpverlening
• Secours international

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-338) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Part 1 Historical analysis 11 -- 1 The ICRC during its early years 13 -- 2 The ICRC during the Cold War 51 -- 3 The ICRC after the Cold War 96 -- 4 The ICRC and the US "war" against terrorism 129 -- Part 2 Policy analysis 155 -- 5 ICRC principles and policies 157 -- 6 ICRC structure and management: personnel, policy making, resources 201 -- 7 The ICRC and international humanitarian law 242 -- 8 Conclusion: the ICRC and the future 281 -- Annexe A The ICRC and the Red Cross movement 316 -- Annexe B The ICRC and selected private relief agencies 317 -- Annexe C The ICRC: one of the Big Four relief agencies 318 -- Annexe D The ICRC and selected advocacy groups 319 -- Annexe E The ICRC organizational chart 320.

ISBN

• 0521848288 (alk. paper)
• 0521612810 (pb.)
• 9780521848288 (hb.)
• 9780521612810 (pb.)

LCCN

^^2005045782

OCLC

• 58468387
• SCSB-12402205

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library