Author: Henry Pomeroy DavisonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Red Cross and Red Crescent
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
The American Red Cross in the Great War
Author: Henry Pomeroy DavisonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Red Cross and Red Crescent
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Making the World Safe
Author: Julia F. IrwinPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199990085
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
In Making the World Safe, historian Julia Irwin offers an insightful account of the American Red Cross, from its founding in 1881 by Clara Barton to its rise as the government's official voluntary aid agency. Equally important, Irwin shows that the story of the Red Cross is simultaneously a story of how Americans first began to see foreign aid as a key element in their relations with the world. As the American Century dawned, more and more Americans saw the need to engage in world affairs and to make the world a safer place--not by military action but through humanitarian aid. It was a time perfectly suited for the rise of the ARC. Irwin shows how the early and vigorous support of William H. Taft--who was honorary president of the ARC even as he served as President of the United States--gave the Red Cross invaluable connections with the federal government, eventually making it the official agency to administer aid both at home and abroad. Irwin describes how, during World War I, the ARC grew at an explosive rate and extended its relief work for European civilians into a humanitarian undertaking of massive proportions, an effort that was also a major propaganda coup. Irwin also shows how in the interwar years, the ARC's mission meshed well with presidential diplomatic styles, and how, with the coming of World War II, the ARC once again grew exponentially, becoming a powerful part of government efforts to bring aid to war-torn parts of the world. The belief in the value of foreign aid remains a central pillar of U.S. foreign relations. Making the World Safe reveals how this belief took hold in America and the role of the American Red Cross in promoting it.
The American Red Cross in the Great War
Author: Henry Pomeroy DavisonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Red Cross and Red Crescent
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
Doughnut Dollies
Author: Helen AiryPublisher: Sunstone Press
ISBN: 9780865341043
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
A novel based on the Red Cross women in London who served doughnuts and hot coffee, and provided Big Band music and much more to welcome airmen as they returned from missions during World War II.
The American Red Cross, in the Great War (Classic Reprint)
Author: Henry Pomeroy DavisonPublisher:
ISBN: 9781331119838
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Excerpt from The American Red Cross, in the Great War It is the effort of this book to set forth the scope, character and effect of the work of the American Red Cross during the Great War. When the war closed more than thirty million Americans were enrolled in the organization. Some of these were in foreign fields; most of them were at home. But, in one way or another, they were all helping. All of them working together made up the American Red Cross. Stories of special sacrifice or devotion cannot be given here and yet few organizations have so closely touched the great currents of human life. Detailed narratives will accordingly follow this book. I have sought here to summarize the work of the thirty millions as a whole. To characterize the Red Cross work of any man or woman, or to attempt to describe it with any regard to proper perspective, would be invidious if not impossible. I have therefore omitted the mention of names. The highest satisfaction any worker in the Red Cross can derive from his work is from the fact that the work itself was well done. The files of the War Council have been freely drawn upon in the preparation of this book. And I want to make special acknowledgment to every member of the force at headquarters, and to the special correspondents and staffs of our foreign commissions, who seemingly have vied with. one another in supplying me, either orally or in writing, with material without which the scope of this book could not be what it is. Indeed it may accurately be said that the book itself is a product of the American Red Cross. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Work of the American Red Cross During the War
Author: American National Red Cross. War CouncilPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Red Cross and Red Crescent
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
Picture This
Author: Pearl JamesPublisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 0803226950
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Essays by Jay Winter, Jeffrey T. Schnapp, Jennifer D. Keene, and others reveal the centrality of visual media, particularly the poster, within the specific national contexts of Britain, France, Germany, Russia, and the United States during World War I.℗¡Ultimately, posters were not merely representations of popular understanding of the war, but instruments influencing the.
The Origin of the Red Cross
Author: Henry DunantPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Red Cross and Red Crescent
Languages : en
Pages : 118
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The Work of the American Red Cross
Author: American National Red Cross. War CouncilPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
The Red Cross in Peace and War
Author: Clara BartonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Voluntary health agencies
Languages : en
Pages : 714
Book Description