Susan Armstrong-Reid is adjunct professor of history at the University of Guelph.

"Behead and Cure captures the unique historical perspective of medical civilians on both sides of the Vietnam War, providing compelling (and damning) material that vividly evidences the human costs of armed conflict." – David Webster, Bishop’s University

• Figures viiAcknowledgments xiAbbreviations xvIntroduction 3Timeline 24Part One – American Civilian Medical Teams1 Different Perspectives of USAID Nurses in Vietnam 312 USAID and the MCC: The Humanitarian Experiences of Christian Women in Vietnam 65Part Two – American Friends Service Committee: Bearing Witness to War3 Launching the Quang Ngai Rehabilitation Centre, 1967–1968 994 Rebuilding Humanitarian Relationships in Quang Ngai, 1968–1972 1185 Walking a Political and Ethical Tightrope, 1972–1975 133Part Three – Private International Relief Agencies6 Save the Children: A Global Vision of Childhood 1617 Nursing with Dr Pat Smith: The Mother Teresa of Vietnam 190Part Four – State-Sponsored Civilian Medical Teams: Australia and Canada8 Australian Civilian Medical Teams: “Small Islands of Sanity, Security and Care” 2199 “Not Everyone Who Came Home from Vietnam Ever Left There”: Leaving and New Directions Back Home 24110 Claire Culhane: A Humanitarian Activist in Vietnam 259Conclusion 293Notes 317Bibliography 375Index 405

Susan Armstrong-Reid is adjunct professor of history at the University of Guelph.

"Behead and Cure captures the unique historical perspective of medical civilians on both sides of the Vietnam War, providing compelling (and damning) material that vividly evidences the human costs of armed conflict." – David Webster, Bishop’s University

• Figures viiAcknowledgments xiAbbreviations xvIntroduction 3Timeline 24Part One – American Civilian Medical Teams1 Different Perspectives of USAID Nurses in Vietnam 312 USAID and the MCC: The Humanitarian Experiences of Christian Women in Vietnam 65Part Two – American Friends Service Committee: Bearing Witness to War3 Launching the Quang Ngai Rehabilitation Centre, 1967–1968 994 Rebuilding Humanitarian Relationships in Quang Ngai, 1968–1972 1185 Walking a Political and Ethical Tightrope, 1972–1975 133Part Three – Private International Relief Agencies6 Save the Children: A Global Vision of Childhood 1617 Nursing with Dr Pat Smith: The Mother Teresa of Vietnam 190Part Four – State-Sponsored Civilian Medical Teams: Australia and Canada8 Australian Civilian Medical Teams: “Small Islands of Sanity, Security and Care” 2199 “Not Everyone Who Came Home from Vietnam Ever Left There”: Leaving and New Directions Back Home 24110 Claire Culhane: A Humanitarian Activist in Vietnam 259Conclusion 293Notes 317Bibliography 375Index 405

Susan Armstrong-Reid is adjunct professor of history at the University of Guelph.

"Behead and Cure captures the unique historical perspective of medical civilians on both sides of the Vietnam War, providing compelling (and damning) material that vividly evidences the human costs of armed conflict." – David Webster, Bishop’s University

• Figures viiAcknowledgments xiAbbreviations xvIntroduction 3Timeline 24Part One – American Civilian Medical Teams1 Different Perspectives of USAID Nurses in Vietnam 312 USAID and the MCC: The Humanitarian Experiences of Christian Women in Vietnam 65Part Two – American Friends Service Committee: Bearing Witness to War3 Launching the Quang Ngai Rehabilitation Centre, 1967–1968 994 Rebuilding Humanitarian Relationships in Quang Ngai, 1968–1972 1185 Walking a Political and Ethical Tightrope, 1972–1975 133Part Three – Private International Relief Agencies6 Save the Children: A Global Vision of Childhood 1617 Nursing with Dr Pat Smith: The Mother Teresa of Vietnam 190Part Four – State-Sponsored Civilian Medical Teams: Australia and Canada8 Australian Civilian Medical Teams: “Small Islands of Sanity, Security and Care” 2199 “Not Everyone Who Came Home from Vietnam Ever Left There”: Leaving and New Directions Back Home 24110 Claire Culhane: A Humanitarian Activist in Vietnam 259Conclusion 293Notes 317Bibliography 375Index 405