Medicine and Victory
British Military Medicine in the Second World War
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 1 July 2004
- ISBN 9780199268597
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages280 pages
- Size 242x164x23 mm
- Weight 718 g
- Language English
- Illustrations numerous halftones 0
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Short 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.
MoreLong description:
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.
Harrison's writing about the fighting is gripping and the importance of medical developments is deftly interwoven with the wider campaigns. The book succeeds in throwing light, not just on the history of medicine during the Second World War, but also on the dual focus of health and medicine - the rise of high tech medicine and the transformation of social medicine - during the immediate post war years.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
A Medical Service for a Modern Army?
Medicine in Retreat 1940-2
The Western Desert 1940-3
North Africa, Sicily, and Italy
Burma and North-East India
Medicine Victorious: North-West Europe 1944-5
Conclusion
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