Making the World Safe: The American Red Cross and a Nation's Humanitarian Awakening Museum Books the nationalist frenzy and political

the nationalist frenzy and political intrigues that preceded the conflict

early in World War I

this quiet

by Erich Maria Remarque

Army of the twentieth century and ultimately led to the most sweeping piece of social-welfare legislation in the nation's history―the G

Making the World Safe: The American Red Cross and a Nation's Humanitarian Awakening Museum Books the nationalist frenzy and politicalDescription by Julia F. Irwin Paperback In Making the World Safe, historian 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 story of how Americans first began to see foreign aid as a key element in their relations with the world. As the American