Raging Rivers and Propaganda Weevils: Transnational Disaster Relief, Cold War Politics, and the 1954 Danube and Elbe Floods
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
11-2016
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1093/dh/dhv053
Abstract
This article analyzes disaster relief efforts for the 1954 Danube and Elbe River floods. Carried out jointly by the U.S. government and the Geneva-based League of Red Cross Societies, this food aid program affected Western and Eastern Europe, and marked an important moment in Cold War political and humanitarian history.
Was this content written or created while at USF?
Yes
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Diplomatic History, v. 40, issue 5, p. 893-921
Scholar Commons Citation
Irwin, Julia F., "Raging Rivers and Propaganda Weevils: Transnational Disaster Relief, Cold War Politics, and the 1954 Danube and Elbe Floods" (2016). History Faculty Publications. 289.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/hty_facpub/289
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