Download or read book Dunant's Dream written by Caroline Moorehead and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 856 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Red Cross was the dream of the Swiss businessman Henri Dunant that grew into the pre-eminent international humanitarian charity. The story begins in 1859, when almost by chance, Dunant witnessed the butchery and lack of care for injured soldiers during the battle of Solferino. Realizing that, although modern warfare meant more, and worse, wounded, medical treatment for the first time could save significant numbers of them, he began a crusade leading to 137 national societies and 250 million members today.