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Un intervento sottotraccia. L’ospedale della Croce rossa italiana in Corea (1950-55)

  • Alessandro Polsi

In the summer of 1950 the United States asked Italy for a military contribution, even symbolic, to be used in the war in Korea. The Italian government instead decided to send a humanitarian mission, as Sweden did, and sent a Red Cross field hospital. The mission, initially underfunded, encounters various problems until, to avoid a dangerous scandal, the government agreed to provide adequate means. After the armistice was signed, Italy decided to quickly withdraw the hospital, despite local requests to stay, showing little interest in developing a political and economic presence in the Far East.

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  • Korean War; Humanitarian Intervention; International Red Cross; Italian field hospital; Foreign Relations of Italy,
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Alessandro Polsi

University of Pisa, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0002-8142-8644

  1. Campana, Giovanni A. 1992. “Governo e diplomazia italiana di fronte alla crisi di Corea.” In Di Nolfo Ennio, Rainero Romain H., Vigezzi Brunello, L’Italia e la politica di potenza in Europa (1950-60), 91-102. Milano: Marzorati.
  2. Cannonero, Matteo, e Mauro Pianese. 2021. 1951-1955. La Croce rossa in Corea. La prima missione italiana di pace della Repubblica italiana. Joker: Novi Ligure.
  3. Kim, David W., and Heung-Sook Yang. 2022. “Seojeon Byungwon, Jutlandia, and NORMASH: UN’s Scandinavian Allies at the Korean War and Beyond (1950s–1960s).” East Asia 39: 127-47.
  4. Park, Jiwook. 2010. “The Medical Assistance of Swedish Red Cross Field Hospital in Busan during and after the Korean War.” Korean Journal of Medical History 19, 1: 189-208.
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Chapter Information

Chapter Title

Un intervento sottotraccia. L’ospedale della Croce rossa italiana in Corea (1950-55)

Authors

Alessandro Polsi

Language

Italian

DOI

10.36253/979-12-215-0389-0.04

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Publication Year

2024

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© 2024 Author(s)

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CC BY 4.0

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CC0 1.0

Bibliographic Information

Book Title

L’Italia repubblicana e gli aiuti internazionali

Editors

Silvia Salvatici, Annalisa Urbano

Peer Reviewed

Number of Pages

214

Publication Year

2024

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© 2024 Author(s)

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CC BY 4.0

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CC0 1.0

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Firenze University Press

DOI

10.36253/979-12-215-0389-0

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979-12-215-0388-3

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979-12-215-0389-0

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Biblioteca di storia

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2464-9007

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2704-5986

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