Introduction : the last million -- The battle of the refugee : DPs and the making of the Cold War West -- Who is a refugee? : from victors' justice to anticommunism -- Care and maintenance : the new face of international humanitarianism -- Displaced persons in the human rights revolution -- Surplus manpower, surplus population -- Extraterritorial Jews : refugee humanitarianism and the advent of Jewish statehood -- Epilogue : the golden age of European refugees, 1945-1960
Summary:
This text argues that postwar international relief operations went beyond their stated goal of civilian 'rehabilitation' and contributed to the rise of a new internationalism, setting the terms on which future displaced persons would be treated by nations and NGOs.
