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MEDICINE AND VICTORY
BRITISH MILITARY MEDICINE IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR |
| By: |
Mark Harrison |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£66.00 |
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£66.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0199268592 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780199268597 |
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| Publisher: |
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 July, 2004 |
| Pages: |
280 |
| Description: |
This represents the first major history of British medicine during the Second World War. It shows how medicine gave the British a crucial edge in several theatres, by preventing losses from disease and returning the sick and wounded to active service. Drawing on a wide range of official and non-official sources, the book examines medical work in all the main theatres of the war, from the front line to the base hospital. |
| Synopsis: |
Medicine and Victory is the first comprehensive account of British military medicine in the Second World War since the publication of the official history in the early 1950s. Drawing on a wide range of official and non-official sources, the book examines medical work in all the main theatres of the war, from the front line to the base hospital. All aspects of medical work are covered, including the prevention of disease, and the disposal and treatment of casualties. Harrison argues that the medical services played a major role in the Allied victory enabling the British Army to keep a higher proportion of troops in the field than its opponents. Assuming no previous knowledge of either medical or military history, Medicine and Victory provides an accessible introduction to a vitally important, yet too often neglected aspect of the Second World War. |
| Illustrations: |
numerous halftones |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Oxford University Press |
| Prizes: |
Winner of Winner of the Templer Medal Book Prize 2004. |
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Returnable |