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

• At the turn of the twentieth century, the United States was growing by fits and starts into its new role as a global power. This book narrates the early history of American foreign relief and assistance as a way of guiding the international community in peaceful cooperation and modernization towards greater stability and democracy. It tells the story of how the United States government came to realize the value of overseas aid as a tool of statecraft. 

Ämnesord

Humanitarianism  -- United States -- History. (LCSH)

International relief  -- United States -- History. (LCSH)

Economic assistance, American  -- History. (LCSH)

United States  -- Foreign relations. (LCSH)

Institutionsnamn

American Red Cross -- History.

Klassifikation

HV577 (LCC)

361.76340973 (DDC)

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