Rebecca Gill 
Calculating compassion [EPUB ebook] 
Humanity and relief in war, Britain 1870–1914

Introduction: Calculating compassion in war
Part I. A new vocation: British relief in war: France, 1870– 71
1. The origins of British relief in war
2. Accounting for compassion: British relief in the Franco-Prussian war, 1870–71
Part II. Knowledge of suffering and the politics of relief: The Balkans, 1876–78
3. New humanitarian politics: ‘victim’ nations and the brotherhood of Humanity
4. Neutrality and the politics of aid in insurgency: British relief to the Balkans, 1876-78
Part III: The boundaries of compassion: humanity and relief in British wars, c.1884–1914
5. Scientific humanitarianism and British ‘tyranny’ in South Africa
6. The rational application of compassion? relief, reconstruction, and disputes over civilian suffering in the Anglo-Boer War, 1899–1902
7. Neutrality, proficiency and the feminisation of aid: from the ‘scramble for Africa’ to the Great war
Conclusion: Humanity and relief in war and peace
Bibliography
Index