The International Medical Relief Corps in Wartime China, 1937–1945
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-7583-1 (ISBN)
Both before and during World War II, the Nazis curtailed the rights of Jewish and communist doctors living in countries they controlled. Some of these doctors fought back first by fighting against Fascism in the Spanish civil war and then traveling to China to help the Chinese in their struggle again Japan. However, conditions were not easy because of two rival factions in China—one favoring Chiang Kai Shek (the nationalists) and the other the communists. The twenty-seven foreign physicians and medical personnel—including several women—were caught between these two groups; as well as the poverty of the country, and the graft occurring. The rigors of war and bureaucracy created almost impossible odds involving hazardous traveling, keeping sanitary conditions, and surviving in these conditions. The International Medical Relief Corps in Wartime China reveals how many of these doctors began as physicians without national borders, yet quickly became men and women without countries and ultimately enemy aliens of all of the combatants in World War II. Still, they intrepidly pursued their work against amazing odds providing models of heroism and valor that cements relationships among these countries today.
Dr Robert Mamlok is a clinical professor of pediatrics at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine. He is the son of one of the physicians who joined the Chinese Red Cross Medical Relief Corps in 1939 and co-founder of the Friends of the International Medical Relief Corps. He lives in Lubbock, Texas.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
Part I: The Physicians’ Fight Against the Global Rise of Fascism
1. The Call of Spain: 1936–1939
2. The International Medical Response of 1939
3. The Call of China: 1936–1939
4. The Journey to the Chinese Red Cross Headquarters
Part II: The International Medical
Relief Corps in Wartime China
5. Political and Cultural Conditions at the Chinese Red Cross Medical Relief Corps Headquarters
6. Medical Conditions in Wartime China
7. Travel to and from China’s Battlefields: 1939–1940
8. The Forced Restriction of Healthcare Delivery: 1941–1942
Part III: The International Medical Relief Corps and the Chinese Expeditionary Forces: 1943–1945
9. The International Medical Relief Corps and the Chinese Expeditionary Force in Burma and India
10. The International Medical Relief Corps and the Chinese Expeditionary Force in China
11. The International Medical Relief Corps’ Epilogue: 1945–2012
12. What Did the International Medical Relief Corps Members Accomplish?
Appendix A: International Medical Relief Corps Timeline
Appendix B: The International Medical Relief Corps’ Memorial Dedication (September 1, 2015, Tuyunguan, China)
Appendix C: Other International Volunteers of the Chinese Red Cross
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 04.10.2018 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 40 photographs |
| Verlagsort | Jefferson, NC |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 325 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Literatur ► Briefe / Tagebücher | |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945 | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte | |
| Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4766-7583-X / 147667583X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4766-7583-1 / 9781476675831 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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