A Centenary of War and Peace
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Tim McCormack is a leading international authority on international humanitarian law (IHL) and the prosecution of war crimes. He retraces the establishment of Australian Red Cross in the frenzied days after the outbreak of World War I and its development into a leading humanitarian agency worldwide.
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