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Resilient Humanitarianism

The League of Red Cross Societies, 1919–1991
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In the first independent study of the League of Red Cross Societies, an interdisciplinary team of leading scholars examines its history and how it influenced twentieth-century humanitarianism. They explore how the League evolved from 1919 to 1991 as a peacetime organisation of the Red Cross in... Read More
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This history of the League of Red Cross Societies (now International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent) examines its origins and evolution since 1919. The authors argue it is impossible to understand today's Red Cross movement without the humanitarian, public health and relief work provided by the League.

This original, interdisciplinary study of the world's largest humanitarian organisation examines its evolution and history since 1919.

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In the first independent study of the League of Red Cross Societies, an interdisciplinary team of leading scholars examines its history and how it influenced twentieth-century humanitarianism. They explore how the League evolved from 1919 to 1991 as a peacetime organisation of the Red Cross in contrast to the original wartime focus of the International Committee of the Red Cross.

Investigating largely unknown but significant actors, they shed new light on the League's activities in Southeast Asia, the Horn of Africa, Latin America, and Europe through case studies focusing on its global health initiatives, the complexity of its networks in war and peace, and its role in providing relief.

The authors argue that it is impossible to understand today's Red Cross and Red Crescent movement and global humanitarianism without considering the structures, expertise, and training provided by the League to member National Societies from 1919 to 1991.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781009702232

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 30 April 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Cambridge University Press

Illustration: Worked examples or Exercises

Contributors:

  • With Jordan Evans

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Weight: 727g

Pages: 382

About the Author

Melanie Oppenheimer is Honorary Professor of History at The Australian National University and Emeritus Professor at Flinders University and author of All Work, No Pay: Australian Civilian Volunteers in War. Her research covers voluntary work, gender and war and she is the centenary historian of the Australian Red Cross. Neville Wylie is Professor of International History at the University of Stirling and author of Barbed Wire Diplomacy: Britain, Germany, and the Politics of Prisoners of War 1939–1945. He was one of the first independent scholars to consult the ICRC archives in the early 1990s. Susanne Schech is Emeritus Professor of Geography at Flinders University and author of Culture and Development: A Critical Introduction (2000). Her research contributes to critical development geographies on race and whiteness, humanitarian migration and resettlement, and the politics of international volunteering. Romain Fathi is Associate ProfessorΒ in History at the Australian National University and an affiliated researcher at the Centre d'Histoire de Sciences Po. He is author of The Red Cross's Public Health Turn. His research focusses on the First World War, the history of public health, and the treatment of human remains in conflicts. Jordan Evans is an early career researcher in the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences at Flinders University. His research investigates the history of blood transfusion in the 20th century and its intersections with humanitarianism, technology, and decolonisation.

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