Gino Strada's 'Una persona alla volta' makes case for peace

A review of Gino Strada's posthumous book 'Una persona alla volta' argues for prioritizing peace over war. Strada, the Italian war surgeon and founder of Emergency, recounts his lifelong mission treating victims in conflict zones from Kabul to Hiroshima. The book, which he insisted is not an autobiography, covers his early days in Sesto San Giovanni, his passion for cardiac and emergency surgery, and the hospitals built in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Uganda (with Renzo Piano's collaboration), Rwanda, Iraq, Cambodia, Eritrea, Palestine, Algeria, Libya, and Sierra Leone. Strada emphasizes the utopian yet achievable nature of peace, the high cost paid by innocent children, and the importance of caring for others one person at a time. The review, by Antonia De Francesco for MIfacciodiCultura, highlights Strada's philosophy of 'caring for human beings' and the need to 'cure peace' today.