Armies of Peace : : Canada and the UNRRA Years /

Armies of Peace : : Canada and the UNRRA Years / / David Murray, Susan E. Armstrong-Reid.

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The United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) was the first international organization to be established after the Second World War, and Canada played a key role in its formation. Formal studies of UNRRA, however, have tended to focus on inter-governmental political and economi...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter UTP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2015
VerfasserIn:
Armstrong-Reid, Susan E.,
Murray, David,
TeilnehmendeR:
Murray, David,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]
©2008
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Part One. The Diplomacy of Relief, Rehabilitation, and Repatriation
  • 1. Creating UNRRA
  • 2. Canada at the Council Sessions
  • 3. The Politics of Procurement
  • Part Two. A 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
  • Part Three. 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. The Bridge of Sorrows: The Canadian China Contingent
  • Part Four. Life after UNRRA
  • 11. Ties That Bind
  • 12. Legacies
  • Conclusion
  • Appendices
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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