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Henry Dunant - The Man of the Red Cross (Hardcover)
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Henry Dunant - The Man of the Red Cross (Hardcover)
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"Timely and significant." Church Times A pioneer of humanitarianism
and founder of the International Red Cross, Henry Dunant was many
things over his lifetime. A devout Christian and social activist,
an ambitious but failed businessman, a humanitarian genius, and a
bankrupt recluse. In this biography, Corinne Chaponniere reveals
the tumultuous trajectory of Henry's life. From his idyllic
childhood in Geneva, she follows Henry through the horrors of the
Battle of Solferino, his creation of the Red Cross and role in the
Geneva Conventions, the disgrace of his bankruptcy and his
resurrection as a Nobel Peace Prize winner. It shows how this
champion of wounded soldiers and prisoners of war was not an
unblemished picture of piety and goodness, but that his empathy and
good works played out in tandem with his social ambition and
personal drive. It shows how even the best of us fall on hard
times, and that the Red Cross was born out of humanitarian ideals
coupled with a desire for personal success. This book reveals the
story of Henry Dunant, blemishes and all, against the backdrop of
the horrors of war, the weight of religion and the birth of
humanitarianism in the 19th century.
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