(Ebook) Armies of Peace Canada and the UNRRA Years 1st Edition by Susan E Armstrong Reid, David Murray ISBN 9781442687370 1442687371

(Ebook) Armies of Peace Canada and the UNRRA Years 1st Edition by Susan E Armstrong Reid, David Murray ISBN 9781442687370 1442687371

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ISBN 10: 1442687371
ISBN 13: 9781442687370
Author: Susan E Armstrong Reid, David Murray

The United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) was the first international organization to be established after the Second World War, and Canada played a key role in its formation. Formal studies of UNRRA, however, have tended to focus on inter-governmental political and economic relationships and their consequences for shaping the post-war international environment. Armies of Peace is the first comprehensive investigation of Canadians' influence on the establishment and operation of this unique organization.

This volume challenges the hierarchical and policy-oriented approach to the study of international organizations and offers a more nuanced understanding of Canada's international involvement. By recounting the stories of hundreds of Canadians who served at every level of the organization and in every country where UNRRA established missions, Susan Armstrong-Reid and David Murray highlight the wider contributions that the nation made. Giving voice to these Canadians' stories also provides a more complete understanding of Canada's role in post-war healing and foreshadows the challenges that Canadians faced in implementing international aid and development initiatives within developing countries during the Cold War.

Featuring previously untapped primary sources such as private papers, diaries, and letters, and utilizing a cross-disciplinary approach, Armies of Peace is an invaluable addition to the study of international organizations, Canadian social history, and the history of nursing

(Ebook) Armies of Peace Canada and the UNRRA Years 1st Edition Table of contents:

Part One The Diplomacy of Relief, Rehabilitation, and Repatriation

1 Creating UNRRA

2 Canada at the Council Sessions

3 The Politics of Procurement

Part Two A 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

Part Three 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 The Bridge of Sorrows: The Canadian China Contingent

Part Four Life after UNRRA

11 Ties That Bind

12 Legacies

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