- 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
- Format
- Book
- Author/Creator
- Crossland, James (Historian), author.
- Published
- Houndsmill, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014
- Locale
- Great Britain
- Contents
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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.
- Notes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-258) and index.
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.
