The charity of war : famine, humanitarian aid, and World War I in the Middle East /

With the exception of a few targeted aerial bombardments of the city's port, Beirut and Mount Lebanon did not see direct combat in World War I. Yet civilian casualties in this part of the Ottoman Empire reached shocking heights, possibly numbering half a million people. No war, in its usual und...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Tanielian, Melanie S. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2018]
Temas:
1900-1999
World War, 1914-1918 > Civilian relief > Lebanon.
World War, 1914-1918 > Food supply > Lebanon.
World War, 1914-1918 > Health aspects > Lebanon.
Famines > Lebanon > History > 20th century.
Humanitarian assistance > Lebanon > History > 20th century.
Starvation > history
Communicable Diseases > history
Food Supply > history
Relief Work > history
World War I
Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 > Secours aux civils > Liban.
Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 > Alimentation > Liban.
Famines > Liban > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Aide humanitaire > Liban > Histoire > 20e siècle.
HISTORY > Europe > Western.
War > Health aspects
Civilian war relief.
Famines.
Food supply.
Humanitarian assistance.
Lebanon
Lebanon.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : total war: politics, power, and benevolence
  • A city and its mountain, a mountain and its city
  • Wartime famine : strategies, logistics, and catastrophe
  • The politics of food : wartime provisioning for civilians
  • Prayers and patrons : the politics of neutrality
  • Rats, lice, and microbes : health provisions and sanitary space
  • Local relief initiatives : civil society, women, and the state
  • Beneficial benevolence : international wartime relief efforts
  • Conclusion : Beirut 1919: the chaos of memory and politics.

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