1st Edition
For the Good of Humanity Ludwik Rajchman, Medical Statesman
By Marta A. Balińska
Copyright 1998
320 Pages
by
Central European University Press
In this biography of Ludwik Rajchman, Marta A. Balinska paints a portrait of a true hero of our times. He was born in Poland in 1881 and was an exponent of humanitarian intervention and defender of colonized people, as adept in secret diplomacy as in organizing vast anti-epidemic campaigns. He inspired the creation of WHO and the foundation of UNICEF, of which he became the first chairman.... Read more
Preface, Acknowledgements, Prologue, Introduction, I. The Awakening of a Sense of Responsibility (1881 1900), II. The Dream of a Social-Cultural Revolution (1900-1906), III. Towards Independence, IV. Fighting Epidemics (1918-1922), V. The Health Organization: The Spirit of Invention, VI. A Bold Game: Missions to China (1929-1934), VII. Towards Catastrophe: The Thirties, VIII. From Geneva to Nanking: The Common Cause of the Democratic World (1939), IX. Delegate of Sikorski (1939-1940), X. An Undertaking Strewn with Adventures: The Soong-Rajchman Lobby (1940-1944), XI. A Melancholy World, XII. The Watershed (1944-1946), XIII. An Emergency Fund for Children (1947-1965), XIV. A Pole on International Assignment, Notes, Index
Biography
Marta A. Balińska, translated by Rebecca Howell and revised by the author. Ludwik Rajchman was the author's great-grandfather.
