The Rockefeller Foundation, Public Health and International Diplomacy, 1920-1945

Based on extensive archival research, this study examines the role of the Rockefeller Foundation and the League of Nations in improving public health during the interwar period. Barona argues that the Foundation applied a model of business efficiency to its ideology of spreading good health, creating a revolution in public health practice.

Introduction; Chapter 1 International Diplomacy Meets Public Health; Chapter 2 The First Great Intervention: Epidemics and Famine in Eastern Europe; Chapter 3 The Extension of the Collaborative Programme; Chapter 4 International Health and the End of the League of Nations: Gautier's Evaluation; Chapter 5 Some General Conclusions;