Raging Rivers and Propaganda Weevils: Transnational Disaster Relief, Cold War Politics, and the 1954 Danube and Elbe Floods

Julia F. Irwin

doi:10.1093/dh/dhv053

Raging Rivers and Propaganda Weevils: Transnational Disaster Relief, Cold War Politics, and the 1954 Danube and Elbe Floods

Julia F. Irwin

University of South Florida

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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.

Original language	American English
Journal	Diplomatic History
Volume	40
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/dh/dhv053
State	Published - Nov 1 2016

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Raging Rivers and Propaganda Weevils: Transnational Disaster Relief, Cold War Politics, and the 1954 Danube and Elbe Floods

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