Cold War Germany, the Third World, and the Global Humanitarian Regime
2015
First Published
3.60
Average Rating
439
Number of Pages
Part of Series
This book examines competition and collaboration among Western powers, the socialist bloc, and the Third World for control over humanitarian aid programs during the Cold War. Young-sun Hong's analysis reevaluates the established parameters of German history. On the one hand, global humanitarian efforts functioned as an arena for a three-way political power struggle. On the other, they gave rise to transnational spaces that allowed for multidimensional social and cultural encounters. Hong paints an unexpected view of the global humanitarian regime: Algerian insurgents flown to East Germany for medical care, barefoot Chinese doctors in Tanzania, and West and East German doctors working together in the Congo. She also provides a rich analysis of the experiences of African trainees and Asian nurses in the two Germanys. This book brings an urgently needed historical perspective to contemporary debates on global governance, which largely concern humanitarianism, global health, South-North relationships, and global migration.
Avg Rating
3.60
Number of Ratings
10
5 STARS
20%
4 STARS
30%
3 STARS
40%
2 STARS
10%
1 STARS
0%
goodreads
