Night on Earth : a history of international humanitarianism in the Near East, 1918-1930 / Davide Rodogno, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva.

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022.

xxii, 461 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

"This book tells the story of American and European humanitarian institutions that provided food, shelter, clothing, and basic medical aid to distressed civilian populations in the Near East during the interwar years. It uncovers the untold tale of their ambition to go beyond relief, to rehabilitate and reconstruct a 'new' Near East. Wherever these humanitarian institutions operated, they imagined a prosperous, peaceful future enhanced by their shortterm relief actions and improved by their agricultural, educational, public health rehabilitative programs. Yet like a cloud, humanitarian aid was an intense but ephemeral phenomenon that - despite the ambitions of its protagonists - failed to leave a permanent trace"-- Provided by publisher.

Online version: Rodogno, Davide, 1972- Night on Earth United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022

English

April 12, 2022

Human rights in history.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

History.