| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 482 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps, portraits |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 443-456) and index. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. Diplomacy of Relief, Rehabilitation, and Repatriation -- 1. Creating UNRRA -- 2. Canada at the Council Sessions -- 3. Politics of Procurement -- pt. 2. World Uprooted: Canadians, UNRRA, and the Challenge of the Displaced -- 4. Personalities and Bureaucracies -- 5. UNRRA Takes Command: The First Field Operations -- 6. Soldiers of Peace or Agents of Repatriation: The Displaced-Persons Operations in Germany -- 7. Torch of Sadness: The Mothers and Children of War -- pt. 3. Carrying Florence's Lamp: Canadian Nurses and UNRRA -- 8. Launching UNRRA's Nursing Brigade: From the Middle East to Greece -- 9. Nursing with the Enemy: Germany -- 10. Bridge of Sorrows: The Canadian China Contingent -- pt. 4. Life after UNRRA -- 11. Ties That Bind -- 12. Legacies. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration -- History.
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United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration. |
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History. |
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United Nations -- Canada -- History.
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United Nations. |
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Canada. |
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United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration -- Biography.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration. |
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United Nations. |
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Nations Unies. |
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United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration -- Histoire. |
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Nations Unies -- Canada -- Histoire. |
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United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration -- Biographies. |
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International relief -- Canada -- History -- 20th century.
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International relief. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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Nursing -- Canada -- History -- 20th century.
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Nursing. |
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Nurses -- Canada -- Biography.
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Nurses. |
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Canada -- Foreign relations.
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International relations. |
| Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Biographies.
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| Added Author |
Murray, David R.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Armstrong-Reid, Susan, 1950- Armies of peace. Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, ©2008 (DLC) 2008276491 |
| ISBN |
9781442687370 (electronic book) |
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1442687371 (electronic book) |
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9780802093219 (alkaline paper) |
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0802093213 (alkaline paper) |
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