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Author Irwin, Julia.

Title Making the world safe : the American Red Cross and a nation's humanitarian awakening / Julia F. Irwin.

Publication Info. Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2013]

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 273 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction: a new manifest destiny -- Making international humanitarianism American -- Humanitarian preparedness -- Mobilizing a volunteer army -- Relieving Europe -- Rebuilding Europe -- A world made safe? -- Epilogue: a new manifest destiny revisited.
Summary 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 pe.
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Subject American Red Cross -- History.
American Red Cross.
History.
American Red Cross.
Humanitarianism -- United States -- History.
Humanitarianism.
United States.
International relief -- United States -- History.
International relief.
Economic assistance, American -- History.
Economic assistance, American.
United States -- Foreign relations.
International relations.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Irwin, Julia. Making the world safe. Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2013] 9780199766406 (DLC) 2012041766 (OCoLC)811599691
ISBN 9780199990085 (electronic book)
0199990085 (electronic book)
9780199766406
0199766401