Medicine and victory :: British military medicine in the Second World War /

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-offi...

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1. Verfasser: Harrison, Mark, 1964-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Schriftenreihe:OUP E-Books.
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Zusammenfassung: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. - ;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.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xiii, 320 pages) : illustrations, portrait
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 288-307) and index.
ISBN:9781429469531
1429469536
9780191514968
0191514969
1280841044
9781280841040
9780199268597
0199268592
9786610841042
6610841047

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