{"product_id":"medical-care-humanitarianism-and-intimacy-in-the-long-second-world-war-1931-1953-hardcover","title":"Medical Care, Humanitarianism and Intimacy in the Long Second World War, 1931-1953 - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMarie-Luce Desgrandchamps\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eLaure Humbert\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eBertrand Taithe\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book explores underexamined sites of interactions and encounters between humanitarians and medical workers during the long Second World War (1931-1953).It traces circulations of humanitarian actors, knowledge, and practices across the world from a conflict to another. In doing so, it demonstrates that the conflict brought about unlikely aid coalitions and intimate networks of aid, and led to a transformation of the relationships between some European organisations and colonial 'peripheries', leading to the emergence of new activities and actors. This book also interrogates the traditional dichotomy between civilian and military cultures of rehabilitation, and readdresses the role of the United States and its rise as a 'humanitarian superpower'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book offers fresh perspectives on the history of humanitarianism and medical care during the long Second World War (1931-1953). Adopting a broad definition of humanitarianism, it addresses new themes, such as intimacy and craft therapy, and moves across scales of analysis, from the global to the local. \u003cbr\u003eThe book takes the war in China in 1931 as a starting point, which led to the progressive dislocation of the League of Nations. It ends with the termination of the Korean War in 1953, which represented the end of the first United Coalition and United Nations Peace enforcement operation. It contributes to the development of a theoretically informed understanding of the concept of intimacy, placing at the centre of historical attention the 'experiences' of the war for caregivers and receivers of humanitarian aid.\u003cbr\u003eThis volume makes an original intervention by challenging the Eurocentric chronology of the Second World War and tracing circulations of humanitarian actors, knowledge, and practices across the world from a conflict to another. In doing so, it reassesses the links between imperial and national politics and sheds new lights onto the use of humanitarianism as a diplomatic tool and instrument of 'soft power'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarie Luce Desgrandchamps, Lecturer, University of Geneva, Senior Researcher, University of Fribourg\u003cbr\u003eLaure Humbert, Senior Lecturer, University of Manchester\u003cbr\u003eBertrand Taithe, Professor, University of Manchester\u003cbr\u003eRaphaële Balu, Editorial Manager, Sorbonne University\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 298\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 29, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52241602478354,"sku":"9781526183477","price":63.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0941\/2211\/5346\/files\/F_I2sRVkHD9781526183477.webp?v=1777903793","url":"https:\/\/ckbookstore.net\/products\/medical-care-humanitarianism-and-intimacy-in-the-long-second-world-war-1931-1953-hardcover","provider":"CK BOOKSTORE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}