{"product_id":"making-the-world-safe-the-american-red-cross-and-a-nations-humanitarian-awakening-9780190610746","title":"Making the World Safe: The American Red Cross and a Nation's Humanitarian Awakening","description":"In \u003cem\u003eMaking the World Safe, \u003c\/em\u003ehistorian Julia Irwin offers an insightful account of the American Red Cross, from its founding in 1881 by Clara Barton to its rise as the government's official voluntary aid agency. Equally important, Irwin shows that the story of the Red Cross is simultaneously a\u003cbr\u003estory of how Americans first began to see foreign aid as a key element in their relations with the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs the American Century dawned, more and more Americans saw the need to engage in world affairs and to make the world a safer place--not by military action but through humanitarian aid. It was a time perfectly suited for the rise of the ARC. Irwin shows how the early and vigorous support of William\u003cbr\u003eH. Taft--who was honorary president of the ARC even as he served as President of the United States--gave the Red Cross invaluable connections with the federal government, eventually making it the official agency to administer aid both at home and abroad. Irwin describes how, during World War I, the\u003cbr\u003eARC grew at an explosive rate and extended its relief work for European civilians into a humanitarian undertaking of massive proportions, an effort that was also a major propaganda coup. Irwin also shows how in the interwar years, the ARC's mission meshed well with presidential diplomatic styles, \u003cbr\u003eand how, with the coming of World War II, the ARC once again grew exponentially, becoming a powerful part of government efforts to bring aid to war-torn parts of the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe belief in the value of foreign aid remains a central pillar of U.S. foreign relations. \u003cem\u003eMaking the World Safe \u003c\/em\u003ereveals how this belief took hold in America and the role of the American Red Cross in promoting it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Julia F. Irwin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/13\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 290\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780190610746\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJulia F. Irwin \u003c\/strong\u003eis Associate Professor of History at the University of South Florida.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40092186214515,"sku":"9.78019E+12","price":37.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_b5c9924a-7356-45a9-a1b0-7ee4bee8d536.jpg?v=1652796889","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/making-the-world-safe-the-american-red-cross-and-a-nations-humanitarian-awakening-9780190610746","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}