Yanks behind the lines how the Commission for Relief in Belgium saved millions from starvation during World War I

1914, setting the stage -- First challenges, first steps -- Hoover and other relief efforts -- Rotterdam : the transshipping hub -- Life in German-occupied Belgium -- The CRB delegates -- The mechanics of relief -- The Belgian side of food relief -- Food relief in Northern France -- Pressures from v...

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1. Verfasser: Miller, Jeffrey B. (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Lanham, Maryland Rowman & Littlefield 2020
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Zusammenfassung:1914, setting the stage -- First challenges, first steps -- Hoover and other relief efforts -- Rotterdam : the transshipping hub -- Life in German-occupied Belgium -- The CRB delegates -- The mechanics of relief -- The Belgian side of food relief -- Food relief in Northern France -- Pressures from von Bissing -- Internal strife and battle for control -- Critical crop negotiations -- Accusations : Hoover as traitor, delegates as spies -- A breaking point -- The German deportations -- The human toll -- The last days of Americans in Belgium -- Epilogue.
"In this remarkable history of two American and Belgian organizations that led a food relief program for millions in German-occupied Belgium and Northern France, Jeff Miller tells the inspiring story of one of the greatest humanitarian efforts of World War I, illuminating the desperate lives of civilians during the war"--
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:xxix, 265 Seiten
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ISBN:9781538141649
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