Cold War Germany, the Third World, and the global humanitarian regime / Young-sun Hong, State University of New York at Stony Brook.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hong, Young-Sun, 1955- author.

Series:

Human rights in history.

Human rights in history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Humanitarian assistance, German--Developing countries--History--20th century.

Humanitarian assistance, German.

Medical assistance, German--Developing countries--History--20th century.

Medical assistance, German.

Cold War.

Balance of power--History--20th century.

Balance of power.

Germany (West)--Relations--Developing countries.

Germany (West).

Developing countries--Relations--Germany (West).

Developing countries.

Germany (East)--Relations--Developing countries.

Germany (East).

Developing countries--Relations--Germany (East).

Germany (West)--Relations--Germany (East).

Germany (East)--Relations--Germany (West).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 427 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Other Title:

Cold War Germany, the Third World, & the Global Humanitarian Regime

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book examines competition and collaboration among Western powers, the socialist bloc, and the Third World for control over humanitarian aid programs during the Cold War. Young-sun Hong's analysis reevaluates the established parameters of German history. On the one hand, global humanitarian efforts functioned as an arena for a three-way political power struggle. On the other, they gave rise to transnational spaces that allowed for multidimensional social and cultural encounters. Hong paints an unexpected view of the global humanitarian regime: Algerian insurgents flown to East Germany for medical care, barefoot Chinese doctors in Tanzania, and West and East German doctors working together in the Congo. She also provides a rich analysis of the experiences of African trainees and Asian nurses in the two Germanys. This book brings an urgently needed historical perspective to contemporary debates on global governance, which largely concern humanitarianism, global health, south-north relationships, and global migration.

Contents:

Part I. Race, Security, and Cold War Humanitarianism

Bipolar (dis)order

Part II. The Global Humanitarian Regime at Arms

Through a glass darkly

Mission impossible

Back to the future in Indochina

"Solidarity is might!"

Part III. Global Health, Development, and Labor Migration

Know your body and build socialism

The time machine "development"

Far away, so close

Things fall apart.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

ISBN:

1-316-25634-0

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