Book contents
- Night on Earth
- Human Rights in History
- Night on Earth
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Note on the Text
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 A Loose Configuration of Humanitarian Actors
- 2 From Repatriation to Resettlement of Ottoman Armenians
- 3 The Near East Relief
- 4 The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions
- 5 Relief and Rehabilitation in Transcaucasia, 1919–1929
- 6 The American Red Cross in Jerusalem and Palestine, 1918–1921
- 7 International Humanitarian Actors in Beirut, Aleppo, and Cilicia
- 8 The Revealing History of an Allied Fact-Finding Mission in the Sea of Marmara and a Lone Delegate of the International Committee of the Red Cross
- 9 International Humanitarian Operations in Greece before and after the Summer of 1922
- 10 Rehabilitation without Relief
- 11 The American Women’s Hospitals from Macronissi Quarantine Island to Public Health Work
- 12 Modernization, Technical Assistance and Development avant la lettre
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
5 - Relief and Rehabilitation in Transcaucasia, 1919–1929
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 December 2021
Book contents
- Night on Earth
- Human Rights in History
- Night on Earth
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Note on the Text
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 A Loose Configuration of Humanitarian Actors
- 2 From Repatriation to Resettlement of Ottoman Armenians
- 3 The Near East Relief
- 4 The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions
- 5 Relief and Rehabilitation in Transcaucasia, 1919–1929
- 6 The American Red Cross in Jerusalem and Palestine, 1918–1921
- 7 International Humanitarian Actors in Beirut, Aleppo, and Cilicia
- 8 The Revealing History of an Allied Fact-Finding Mission in the Sea of Marmara and a Lone Delegate of the International Committee of the Red Cross
- 9 International Humanitarian Operations in Greece before and after the Summer of 1922
- 10 Rehabilitation without Relief
- 11 The American Women’s Hospitals from Macronissi Quarantine Island to Public Health Work
- 12 Modernization, Technical Assistance and Development avant la lettre
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Chapter 5 expands on operations in Transcaucasia, mainly in Armenia and on behalf of Armenians. It focuses on the role of the American Relief Administration and of the Allies' high commissioner, William Haskell. The chapter reveals the tensions between the colonel and "his" soldiers and the NER.
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- Night on EarthA History of International Humanitarianism in the Near East, 1918–1930, pp. 124 - 151Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021