Bread + Medicine (eBook)

American Famine Relief in Soviet Russia, 1921-1923

Bertrand M. Patenaude, Joan Nabseth Stevenson (Autoren)

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2023
Hoover Institution Press (Verlag)
978-0-8179-2578-9 (ISBN)

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A century ago, the Soviet Union faced a catastrophic famine, brought on by the disruptions of the First World War and the Russian Revolution, draconian Soviet economic policies, and a severe drought. As millions of people faced starvation and hunger-related disease, the Russian writer Maxim Gorky issued an appeal for help, asking "e;all honest European and American people for prompt aid to the Russian people. Give bread and medicine."e; One person was uniquely situated to answer the call: Herbert Hoover, chair of the American Relief Administration (ARA), who had achieved worldwide fame as the organizer and administrator of large-scale humanitarian relief operations during and following World War I.American relief helped millions survive the famine of 1921-23. While the role of food aid has been well documented, Bread + Medicine focuses on the lesser-known story of America's medical intervention, including a large-scale vaccination drive, and treatment of famine-related diseases such as cholera, typhoid, and typhus and hunger-related deficiency diseases, especially among children. The ARA's medical relief program proved essential to the overall success of its mission. Bread + Medicine, richly illustrated with photographs, posters, and documents from the Hoover Archives, tells that story in vivid detail.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.6.2023
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin
• ISBN-10: 0-8179-2578-3 / 0817925783
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8179-2578-9 / 9780817925789