The Goodies, the Baddies, and the Baggies: U.S. Disaster Relief Since 1812

Immigration has been in the news week after week after week… after week after week after week. As a point of comparison, I thought we’d explore the history of U.S. humanitarian assistance, not at the border but in the countries immigrants often leave. In conversation, and in Catastrophic Diplomacy, Professor Julia Irwin (LSU) reveals that our government’s treatment of foreign citizens, even in their home countries, has rarely been motivated by a pure desire to help.