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- ISBN 9781839994340
- Weight: 142g
- Dimensions: 153 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 10 Jun 2025
- Publisher: Anthem Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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This book is about the Cannes Medical Conference of April 1919 and its long-lasting impacts in the humanitarian space. In the aftermath of the First World War, as the world order was being redesigned, this conference served to shift the Red Cross movement towards peacetime and public health work. The book examines the origins, course and consequences of the Cannes Medical Conference, and its wider legacy within the Red Cross movement: a legacy which is very significant yet almost completely undocumented. The book demonstrates that this medical conference was a watershed moment that served to pivot the Red Cross movement across the world, from war and conflict-related activities to peacetime programs such as relief, disease and disaster management.
Dr. Romain Fathi is Senior Lecturer at the School of History at The Australian National University and an Affiliated Researcher to the Centre for History of Sciences Po (CHSP).
