Military medicine and the hidden costs of war:

In 'Military Medicine and the Hidden Costs of War', Tanisha M. Fazal traces the modern history of medical treatment and casualty rates in American conflicts from the Civil War to the more recent counterinsurgency wars. As she shows, wars became increasingly survivable for wounded troops, t...

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Main Author: Fazal, Tanisha M. 1972- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Oxford University Press 2024
Series:Oxford scholarship online
Bridging the gap
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Summary:In 'Military Medicine and the Hidden Costs of War', Tanisha M. Fazal traces the modern history of medical treatment and casualty rates in American conflicts from the Civil War to the more recent counterinsurgency wars. As she shows, wars became increasingly survivable for wounded troops, to the point now where a large majority of wounded soldiers survive. Yet the human and financial implications of this steep increase in the wounded-to-killed ratio are dramatic, and her powerful analysis of this shift provides a necessary corrective to how we understand the costs of war. For each major conflict, Fazal analyzes the weapons used, injuries sustained, and policies put in place for veterans' care and pensions
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 240 Seiten) Illustrationen
ISBN:9780190057565
DOI:10.1093/oso/9780190057473.001.0001

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