Night on Earth

Davide Rodogno is Professor of International History and Politics at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva. His previous publications include Fascism's European Empire (2006), Against Massacre: Humanitarian Interventions in the Ottoman Empire, 1815–1914 (2011). He co-edited and authored Humanitarian Photography (2015) and Transnational Networks of Experts in the Long Nineteenth century (2016).

• Introduction; 1. A Loose Configuration of Humanitarian Actors; 2. From Repatriation to Resettlement of Ottoman Armenians: War, Diplomacy and the Mandate that Never Was; 3. The Near East Relief; 4. The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions; 5. Relief and Rehabilitation in Transcaucasia, 1919–1929; 6. The American Red Cross in Jerusalem and Palestine, 1918–1921; 7. International Humanitarian Actors in Beirut, Aleppo and Cilicia: Relief and Rehabilitation of Ottoman Armenians; 8. The Revealing History of an Allied Fact-finding Mission in the Sea of Marmara and a Lone Delegate of the International Committee of the Red Cross; 9. International Humanitarian Operations in Greece Before and After the Summer of 1922; 10. Rehabilitation Without Relief: Seeking International Humanitarianism in Greece after 1923; 11. The American Women's Hospitals from Marconissi Quarantine Island to Public Health Work; 12. Modernization, Technical Assistance and Development avant la letter: The Near East Foundation; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index.

'Night on Earth is a major feat and contribution to our understanding of modern humanitarianism. Davide Rodogno unearths a humanitarianism that is defined by layers of entanglements and contradictions. There are humanitarians aspiring to save lives, save societies, and save themselves. This is not a story of success but rather a burst of rain showers that quickly evaporates: humanitarians aspired to disrupt in the name of progress, but all this ambition failed to leave an impression. Elegantly written and historically sweeping, this transnational history of humanitarianism is a must read.' Michael Barnett, author of Empire of Humanity: A History of Humanitarianism