Leo Van Bergen: 2 books
Before My Helpless Sight
Suffering, Dying and Military Medicine on the Western Front, 1914–1918
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2016
Despite the numerous vicious conflicts that scarred the twentieth century, the horrors of the Western Front continue to exercise a particularly strong hold on the modern imagination. The unprecedented scale and mechanization of the war changed forever the way suffering and dying were perceived and...
The Dutch East Indies Red Cross, 1870–1950
On Humanitarianism and Colonialism
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2019
The Dutch East Indies Red Cross (NIRK) took action in 1873 when the Aceh War broke out, which lasted several decades. In this war the organization’s neutrality was tested, but it turned out not to be an issue. Neutrality was a concept for European wars between “civilized” countries, not applicable...