The Red Cross's Public Health Turn - (Anthem Impact) by Romain Fathi (Paperback)

About the Book

This book explores the Cannes Medical Conference of April 1919 and its long-lasting impacts in the humanitarian space. In the aftermath of the First World War, as the world order was being redesigned, this conference served to shift the Red Cross movement towards peacetime and public health work.

Book Synopsis

This book explores the Cannes Medical Conference of April 1919 and its long-lasting impacts in the humanitarian space. In the aftermath of the First World War, as the world order was being redesigned, this conference served to shift the Red Cross movement towards peacetime and public health work.

Review Quotes

"Fathi paints an illuminating portrait of the Cannes Medical Conference, tracing the origins and outcomes of this landmark event, the personalities involved, and the complex politics associated with it. In so doing, his book recovers a foundational moment in the histories of modern humanitarianism and global health." - Julia F. Irwin, T. Harry Williams Professor of History, Louisiana State University, USA.

"In the wake of war and humanitarian catastrophe, the 1919 Cannes Medical Conference marked an important, though often misunderstood moment in the shift to address public health within civil society at a global level. Romain Fathi's meticulously researched book is essential for anyone interested in the conceptual and practical legacies of the Great War." - Bruno Cabanes, Donald and Mary Dunn Chair, The Ohio State University, USA.

"This eloquent and meticulously researched book uncovers how, from the ashes of the First World War, the 1919 Cannes Medical Conference catalyzed a shift from wartime relief to peacetime public health - paving the way for a new era in the Red Cross Red Crescent movement and international humanitarianism." - Prof. Dr. Nel de Mûelenaere, Associate Professor in Contemporary History, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Ixelles, Belgium.

About the Author

Dr. Romain Fathi is Senior Lecturer at the School of History at The Australian National University and an Affiliated Researcher to the Centre for History of Sciences Po (CHSP).