Private Aid, Political Activism

Explores American medical relief to Spain and China in the 1930s and 1940s as responses to the Spanish Civil War and the Second Sino-Japanese War. Although serving vastly different peoples in strikingly distant landscapes, the three aid organisations focused on here illustrate a transition in how Americans responded to foreign conflict and how humanitarian aid was used as a political tool.

Exploreaza ajutoarele medicale americane in Spania si China in anii 1930 si 1940 ca raspuns la razboiul civil spaniol si al doilea razboi sino-japonez. Desi servesc popoare foarte diferite in peisaje izbitor de indepartate, cele trei organizatii de ajutor axate aici ilustreaza o tranzitie in modul in care americanii au reactionat la conflictele externe si modul in care ajutorul umanitar a fost folosit ca instrument politic.