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Pioneering study of the transition from war to peace and the birth of humanitarian rights after the Great War.
List of contents
Introduction: human disasters: humanitarian rights and the transnational turn in the wake of the First World War; 1. 'Rights, not charity': René Cassin and war victims; 2. Justice and peace: Albert Thomas, the ILO and the dream of a transnational politics of social rights; 3. The tragedy of being stateless: Fridtjof Nansen and the rights of refugees; 4. The hungry and the sick: Herbert Hoover, the Russian famine, and the professionalization of humanitarian aid; 5. Humanitarianism old and new: Eglantyne Jebb and children's rights; Conclusion: human dignity: from humanitarian rights to human rights; Bibliographical essay; Bibliography.
About the author
Bruno Cabanes is an Associate Professor in the Department of History at Yale University. His research focuses on the period of transition that followed World War I and, in particular, the demobilization of combat troops, the traumatic impact of war on soldiers and civilians, and, more recently, the environmental history of war and its aftermath. His publications include La victoire endeuillée: La sortie de guerre des soldats français (1918–1920) (2004), which was awarded the Gustave Chaix d'Est Ange Prize, 2004, by the Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques, Paris and shortlisted for the Augustin-Thierry Prize for the Best Book of the Year in 2004. A member of the Comités Scientifiques (Advisory Boards) of the Historial de la Grande Guerre, Péronne and the Museum of the Great War, Verdun, France, he also serves on the editorial board of Vingtième siècle. Revue d'histoire.
Summary
Groundbreaking study of the transition from war to peace and the birth of humanitarian rights after the Great War. Bruno Cabanes, a pioneer in the study of the aftermath of war, shows how and when the right to human dignity first became inalienable.
