Book contents
- Uniting Nations
- Uniting Nations
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 International Lives
- 2 Global Security, Peacekeeping, and Civilian Aid
- 3 Global Social Governance
- 4 The Dreamers
- 5 An Experiment in International Cooperation
- 6 The Movement for Colonial Freedom
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
5 - An Experiment in International Cooperation
The Friends Ambulance Unit Postwar and International Service, 1946–1959
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 July 2022
- Uniting Nations
- Uniting Nations
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 International Lives
- 2 Global Security, Peacekeeping, and Civilian Aid
- 3 Global Social Governance
- 4 The Dreamers
- 5 An Experiment in International Cooperation
- 6 The Movement for Colonial Freedom
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
British voluntary and faith organizations were important components of the rapidly expanding “third sector” of civil society and non-governmental organizations in the post-1945 international system. Many postwar international volunteers had participated in relief efforts for displaced persons during the war. This included the Friends (Quakers) Ambulance Unit (FAU), which operated the Friends Post War Service (FPWS, 1946–48) and the Friends Ambulance Unit International Service (FAUIS, 1948–59). These organizations provided Quaker conscientious objectors with an alternate means of completing their National Service. This chapter evaluates the historical experiences of FPWS/FAUIS volunteers as examples of international service motivated by moral conviction and argues that FPWS/FAUIS relief work constituted a form of private international social governance.
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- Uniting NationsBritons and Internationalism, 1945–1970, pp. 124 - 151Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022