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Red Cross and Red Crescent

Here are entered works on the humanitarian activities of Red Cross and Red Crescent organizations. Works on individual national organizations or local chapters of the Red Cross or Red Crescent are entered under the appropriate name heading.

See also what's at Wikipedia, your library, or elsewhere.

• Disaster relief
• War -- Relief of sick and wounded

• Red Cross and Red Crescent -- History
• Red Cross and Red Crescent -- Juvenile fiction
• Red Cross and Red Crescent -- Periodicals

• Red Crescent and Red Cross
• Red Cross
• International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement

• A Memory of Solferino, by Henry Dunant (PDF at icrc.org)
• The Red Cross in War: Woman's Part in the Relief of Suffering (London et al: Hodder and Stoughton, 1914), by Mary Frances Billington (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Red Cross of the Geneva Convention: What It Is (1878), by Clara Barton (HTML at nps.gov)
• The Red Cross: A History of This Remarkable International Movement in the Interest of Humanity (Washington: American National Red cross, c1898), by Clara Barton
  • multiple formats at Google
  • multiple formats at archive.org
• The Red Cross, in Peace and War (Washington: American Historical Press, 1906), by Clara Barton (multiple formats at archive.org)

• The Story of an Idea: The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement From 1859 to the Present Day (comic book; Geneva: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, 2008), by Moebius (PDF with commentary at icrc.org)

• Aunt Jane's Nieces in the Red Cross (written under "Edith Van Dyne" pseudonym), by L. Frank Baum (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• The Girls of Central High Aiding the Red Cross, or, Amateur Theatricals for a Worthy Cause, by Gertrude W. Morrison, illust. by Robert Emmett Owen (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)

• International Review of the Red Cross (full serial archives)

Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.

• Spontaneous Venturing: An Entrepreneurial Approach to Alleviating Suffering in the Aftermath of a Disaster (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, c2019), by Dean A. Shepherd and Trent Williams (PDF files with commentary at MIT Press)
• Basics of International Humanitarian Missions (New York: Fordham University Press, and Center for International Health and Coooperation, 2003), ed. by Kevin M. Cahill (PDF with commentary at bepress.com)
• Traditions, Values, and Humanitarian Action (New York: Fordham University Press, and Center for International Health and Coooperation, 2003), ed. by Kevin M. Cahill (PDF with commentary at bepress.com)
• Public Health Guide for Emergencies (second edition, 2008), by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (PDF files at jhsph.edu)
• Technology for Humanitarian Action (New York: Fordham University Press, and Center for International Health and Coooperation, in cooperation with Stevens Institute of Technology, 2005), ed. by Kevin M. Cahill (PDF with commentary at bepress.com)
• The Pulse of Humanitarian Assistance (New York: Fordham University Press, and Center for International Humanitarian Coooperation, 2007), ed. by Kevin M. Cahill (PDF with commentary at bepress.com)
• Tragic Story of America's Greatest Disaster: Tornado, Flood and Fire in Ohio, Indiana, Nebraska and Mississippi Valley (Chicago: J. S. Ziegler, c1913), by Marshall Everett (illustrated HTML at usgennet.org)

• Disaster and Intervention in Sub-Saharan Africa: Learning from Rwanda (1994), by Steven Metz (PDF with commentary at armywarcollege.edu)

• The Earthquake of April 18, 1906, and the Great Fire in San Francisco on That and Succeeding Days: Personal Experiences, Inauguration of Red Cross and General Relief Work, by William W. Morrow (HTML at cdlib.org)
• A Father's Story of the Earthquake and Fire in San Francisco, April 18, 19, 20, 1906, by William F. Nichols (HTML at cdlib.org)

• Ethical and Legal Considerations in Mitigating Pandemic Disease: Workshop Summary (2007), contrib. by Stanley M. Lemon, Margaret A. Hamburg, P. Frederick Sparling, Eileen R. Choffnes, and Alison Mack (HTML and page images with commentary at NAP)

• Dispensing Medical Countermeasures for Public Health Emergencies: Workshop Summary (2008), contrib. by Miriam Davis, Marnina S. Kammersell, and Bruce M. Altevogt (HTML and page images with commentary at NAP)

• Food Aid Projections for the Decade of the 1990s (1989), by National Research Council Board on Science and Technology for International Development (page images with commentary at NAP)

• Snow Avalanche Hazards and Mitigation in the United States (1990), by National Research Council Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems (page images with commentary at NAP)

• Disaster Preparedness Tokyo (Tokyo Bousai): Let's Get Prepared (English version; ca. 2015), by Tokyo (Japan) (PDF files in Japan)

• Disaster Preparedness Tokyo (Tokyo Bousai): Let's Get Prepared (English version; ca. 2015), by Tokyo (Japan) (PDF files in Japan)

• Individual and Organizational Response to the 1985 Earthquake in Mexico City, Mexico (1990), by Russell R. Dynes, E. L. Quarantelli, and Dennis E. Wenger (PDF at Delaware)

• Individual and Organizational Response to the 1985 Earthquake in Mexico City, Mexico (1990), by Russell R. Dynes, E. L. Quarantelli, and Dennis E. Wenger (PDF at Delaware)

• The Mississippi Valley Flood Disaster of 1927: Official Report of the Relief Operations (Washington: American Naitonal Red Cross, ca. 1929), by American National Red Cross (page images at HathiTrust)

• First Report of the War Victims' Relief Committee of The Society of Friends, September 1914 to February 1915 (London: Spottiswoode and Co., 1915), by Friends' War Victims' Relief Committee (London, England) (PDF at archive.org)
• Fourth Report of the War Victims' Relief Committee of the Society of Friends, October, 1916 to September, 1917 (London: Headley Brothers, 1917), by Friends' War Victims' Relief Committee (London, England) (page images here at Penn)
• Third Report of the War Victims' Relief Committee of The Society of Friends, October, 1915 to September, 1916 (London: Victorian Houser Printing Co., 1917), by Friends' War Victims' Relief Committee (London, England) (page images here at Penn)

• Disaster on Green Ramp: The Army's Response, by Mary Ellen Condon-Rall (HTML at US Army CMH)

• Civic Engagement in the Wake of Katrina (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, c2009), ed. by Amy Koritz and George J. Sanchez (HTML at Michigan)

• Facing Hazards and Disasters: Understanding Human Dimensions (2006), by National Research Council Committee on Disaster Research in the Social Sciences (HTML with commentary at NAP)
• Mitigating Losses from Land Subsidence in the United States, by National Research Council Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems (page images with commentary at NAP)

• Are You Ready? An In-Depth Guide to Citizen Preparedness (2004), by United States Federal Emergency Management Agency (PDF at fema.gov)

• America at Risk: Findings and Recommendations on the Role of the Fire Service in the Prevention and Control of Risks in America (2002), by America Burning Recommissioned (U.S.) (PDF at dhs.gov)

• Expedient Shelter Construction and Occupancy Experiments (Oak Ridge, TN: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1976), by Cresson H. Kearny (page images at HathiTrust)

• Facing Hazards and Disasters: Understanding Human Dimensions (2006), by National Research Council Committee on Disaster Research in the Social Sciences (HTML with commentary at NAP)
• National Response Plan (base plan and appendices, 2004), by United States Department of Homeland Security (PDF at iir.com)
• Federal Response to Domestic Terrorism Involving Weapons of Mass Destruction-Training for First Responders: Hearing Before the Military Research and Development Subcommittee of the Committee on National Security, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fifth Congress, Second Session, Hearing Held March 21, 1998 (Washington: GPO, 1998), by United States House Committee on National Security (page images at HathiTrust)

• Dull Disasters? How Planning Ahead Will Make a Difference (Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, c2016), by Daniel J. Clarke and Stefan Dercon (PDF with commentary at worldbank.org)
• Managing Major Events: Best Practices From the Field (2011), by Police Executive Research Forum (PDF at policeforum.org)
• Public Health Guide for Emergencies (second edition, 2008), by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (PDF files at jhsph.edu)
• Bolstering Critical Infrastructure Resilience After Superstorm Sandy: Lessons for New York and the Nation (Boston: Northeastern University, 2015), by Stephen E. Flynn (multiple formats at Northeastern)
• Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (c2012), by Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (PDF at ipcc-wg2.gov)
• Observing the Volcano World: Volcano Crisis Communication (Cham: SpringerOpen, c2018), ed. by Carina J. Fearnley, Deanne K. Bird, Katharine Haynes, William J. McGuire, and Gill Jolly (multiple formats with commentary at SpringerLink)

• Human Security for All: A Tribute to Sergio Vieira de Mello (New York: Fordham University Press, and Center for International Health and Coooperation, 2004), ed. by Kevin M. Cahill (PDF with commentary at bepress.com)

More items available under broader and related terms at left.