IRRC No. 305

From the end of the Second World War to the dawn of the third millennium — The activities of the International Committee of the Red Cross during the Cold War and its aftermath: 1945–1995

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From the end of the Second World War to the dawn of the third millennium — The activities of the International Committee of the Red Cross during the Cold War and its aftermath: 1945–1995 author: François Bugnion

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