In aid of conflict: a study of citizen activism and American medical relief to Spain and China

Thesis

The outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in 1936 and the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937 triggered many responses amongst the American public, including a number of private initiatives in medical aid that occupied a borderland between traditional humanitarian relief and political activism. This study is interested in the stories of three organisations arising in this tradition: the American Medical Bureau to Aid Spanish Democracy (AMBASD), the American Bureau for Medical Aid to China (ABMAC)...

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Authors: Wetherby, A

• Publication date: 2014
• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: University of Oxford
• Language: English
• Keywords: medical relief; Second Sino-Japanese War; humanitarianism; medical activism; Spanish Civil War; medical volunteer; American Red Cross; international aid
• Subjects: International,imperial and global history; History of medicine; History of War; History of North America