Word: henrys
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Swiss Citizen Henri Dunant, who in 1859 witnessed the bloody battle of Solferino, Italy between the Franco-Sardinians and the Austrians, the paramount problem was to lessen the hardships of war by caring for the wounded soldier. Having seen thousands of wounded men lie on the battlefield for days in unattended agony, Dunant returned to Geneva to write his horror-filled Un souvenir de Solférino, to start a movement for an international, nonpolitical medical organization with headquarters in traditionally neutral Switzerland, with autonomous supporting units in every civilized nation. With his driving push, with the notable help...
...MOST POWERFUL MAN IN THE WORLD: THE LIFE OF SIR HENRI DETERDING-Glyn Roberts-Covici-Friede...
Author Roberts gives Deterding plenty of credit for winning the Allies' war. Sir Henri's part in the post-War oil scramble was less heroic. The U. S. S. R. nationalized the Baku oilfields and Sir Henri never got over it. He began to fulminate against the Bolsheviks in the press and. Author Roberts implies, to plot against them in secret. But the Bolsheviks were too smart for him. Author Roberts thinks his backing of Hitler and his admiration for Mussolini are based on his hatred of Communism, which was born of frustration when he lost...
Main fault of The Most Powerful Man in the World is that Author Roberts cannot make Sir Henri sinister enough. Instead of lurking behind the scenes, the chunky, ruddy, grey-haired old gentleman too often plumps right into the middle of things, sometimes with a letter to the London Times that reads like the outburst of one of P. G. Wodehouse's apoplectic baronets...
...Most spectacular of the bunch, a near-genius creation of canniness, stupidity, bombast and lust, is the half-articulate Rumanian Jew, Grain-broker Henri Leon, whose "deposit technique" marks the perfect blend of speculation and double-crossing. When Leon has a love affair with a smart Hollywood adventuress, he incorporates the partnership as the Margaret Trust, of which he holds 49% of the shares...