Book Review

摘要

Written by three medical historians, Marcos Cueto, Theodore M. Brown and the late Elizabeth Fee, is a timely and resourceful story told beyond an institutional account. The book covers seven decades of the accomplishments and setbacks of the largest intergovernmental health organisation on Earth. It is characterised by the authors as a narrative history. It does not offer ambitious theoretical or historiographical remarks on the transformation of the organisation, but it does provide readers with a thorough and engaging examination of the institution, from its pre-incarnation and origins to its contemporary evolution in the ever-changing world order.