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The Humanitarians: The International Committee of the Red Cross Hardcover - 2005
by David P. Forsythe
Summary
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) coordinates the world's largest private relief system for conflict situations. Its staff operates throughout the world, and in recent years the ICRC has mounted large operations in the Balkans and Somalia. Yet despite its very important role its internal workings are mysterious and often secretive. This book examines the ICRC from its origins in the mid-nineteenth century up to the present day, and provides a comprehensive overview of a unique private organisation, whose governing body remains all-Swiss, but which is recognized in international law as if it were an inter-governmental organization. David Forsythe focuses on the policy making and field work of the ICRC, while not ignoring international humanitarian law. He explores how it exercises its independence, impartiality, and neutrality to try to protect prisoners in Iraq, displaced and starving civilians in Somalia, and families separated by conflict in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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- Title The Humanitarians: The International Committee of the Red Cross
- Author David P. Forsythe
- Binding Hardcover
- Pages 374
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Cambridge University Press
- Date 2005-08-11
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780521848282 / 0521848288
- Weight 1.57 lbs (0.71 kg)
- Dimensions 9.26 x 6.28 x 1.13 in (23.52 x 15.95 x 2.87 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects International relief, International Committee of the Red Cross
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2005045782
- Dewey Decimal Code 361.77
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- Choice, 06/01/2006, Page 1898
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