Dunant's Dream War, Switzerland and the History of the Red Cross Tapa dura - 1998

HarperCollins Publishers Limited. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

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Carroll & Graf Publishers, 1998. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Carroll & Graf Publishers, 1998. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

London: HarperCollins. Very Good/Very Good. 1998. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo 0002551411 Dust jacket complete, unclipped. Original cloth boards with bright gilt titling on spine. No ownership marks. Frontis. Plates. 812 page clean and tight. The only authoritative and comprehensive history of the Red Cross. Caroline Moorehead is the first writer to be given unlimited access to the extensive archives in Geneva. The International Red Cross was the inspiration – the dream – of Henri Dunant, a thirty-one-year-old Swiss businessman appalled by the butchery and lack of medical care for injured soldiers during the battle of Solferino in 1859. With Gustave Moynier, another Swiss, Dunant set out to create an international organization which was not only to alter, irrevocably, the fate of all those wounded in every war, but which moved rapidly into international humanitarian law, refugee work, prison conditions and the tracking of people parted by warfare. To this day, the… Leer más

United Kingdom: HarperCollins, 1998 Harper Collins, United Kingdom. 1998. Hard Cover. First Printing by line number. Book Condition: Fine. DJ: Fine. Book is tight, square, and unmarked; feels unopened/unread. 780 pp. Green cloth boards with bright silver lettering on spine. 24.99 Sterling price on DJ front flap. The Red Cross was the inspiration and dream of Henri Dunant, a 31 year old Swiss businessman appalled by the butchery and lack of medical care for injured Soldiers he came across- almost by chance- during the battle of Solferino in 1859. Dunant set out to create an international organization which would not only alter the fate of all those wounded in war, but which moved rapidly to establish international humanitarian law, begin refugee work, improve prison conditions, and track down those parted by warfare. A authoritative book on the subject. A pristine and clean copy.

London:: HarperCollins,. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1998. Hardcover. 0002551411 . First British printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. .

London: HarperCollins. Hardcover. 1998. 1st Edition. Thick 8vo 780pp . Fine in Fine DJ. B&W Photographs Remainder mark A compelling history of the world's first and most important human rights organization .

London: London: Harper Collins, 1998. Harper Collins, 1998. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. B&W photos. Fine book in fine dj.