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Armies of peace : Canada and the UNRRA years
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- Summary
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Armies of Peace is the first comprehensive investigation of Canadians' influence on the establishment and operation of The United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA).
Details
- Creator
- Susan Armstrong-Reid and David Murray
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- 1st ed
- Toronto, [Ontario] ; Buffalo, [New York] ; London, [England] : University of Toronto Press, 2009
- ©2009
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (505 p.)
- ISBNs
- 9781442691919, 1442691913, 9781442687370, 1442687371, 0802093213
- OCLC
- ocn647920825, on1013937434, ocn944176836, ocn958562792, on1124456963
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Issued also in print.
- English
- 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
Subjects
- International relief -- Canada -- History -- 20th century.
- Nursing -- Canada -- History -- 20th century.
- Nurses -- Canada -- Biography.
- Canada -- Foreign relations.
- United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration -- Biography.
- United Nations -- Canada -- History.
- United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration -- History.