The Great War and the Origins of Humanitarianism, 1918-1924

by Bruno Cabanes

Book Overview

The aftermath of the Great War brought the most troubled peacetime the world had ever seen. Survivors of the war were not only the soldiers who fought, the wounded in mind and body. They were also the stateless, the children who suffered war's consequences, and later the victims of the great Russian famine of 1921 to 1923. Before the phrases 'universal human rights' and 'non-governmental organization' even existed, five remarkable men and women -...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107604834
• ISBN13: 9781107604834
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 397 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"