Bennett, Angela.

The Geneva Convention : the hidden origins of the Red Cross / Angela Bennett. - Stroud : Sutton Publishing, 2005. - xii, 236 p. [8 plates] , ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Henry Dunant is shocked -- Enter Gustave Moynier and friends -- Dunant goes on tour -- A question of mules -- Europe initials a contract -- What a waste of lives -- The Felfela affair -- Dunant dusts himself off -- Moynier is all at sea -- Vive la neutralité! -- They seek him here, they seek him there! -- Moynier heaves a sigh of relief -- Dunant provokes the Russian bear -- A musical interlude -- Exit Moynier, centre stage -- Dunant wins a prize -- Epilogue : the situation today -- Appendices: A day in the life of a delegate of the ICRC -- The man in white through the eyes of Charles Dickens -- Chronology of the conventions and codifications of the laws of war -- Summary of the four Geneva conventions -- Henry Dunant's will -- US disregard of the third Geneva Convention at Guantanamo Bay.

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Dunant, Henry, 1828-1910.
Moynier, Gustave, 1826-1910.
Dunant, Henry, 1828-1910.
Moynier, Gustave, 1826-1910.


International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement--History.
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.
Cruz Roja Internacional.
Media Luna Roja.


Geneva Convention.
Cruz Roja Internacional.
Geneva Convention (1864)


Derecho internacional humanitario.
Voluntariado.
Voluntary Health Agencies--history.
Human Rights--legislation & jurisprudence.
International Agencies--History.
Voluntary health agencies--History.
International agencies--History.
Human rights--Law and legislation.
Derechos humanos--Legislación.

HV 568 / B471g 2005

361.77