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

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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Harrison, Mark, 1964-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Colección:OUP E-Books.
Temas:
1900-1999
World War, 1939-1945 > Medical care > Great Britain.
Medicine, Military > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
War > Medical aspects.
History, 20th Century
Military Medicine > history
Public Health Practice > history
Warfare
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Soins médicaux > Grande-Bretagne.
Médecine militaire > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Guerre > Aspect médical.
Médecine > Histoire > 20e siècle.
HISTORY > Military > World War II.
Medical care
Medicine, Military
War > Medical aspects
Militaire geneeskunde.
Krijgsmacht.
United Kingdom
Great Britain
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents; List of Tables; List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations and Acronyms; Introduction; 1. A Medical Service for a Modern Army?; 2. Medicine in Retreat 1940-1942; 3. The Western Desert, 1940-1943; 4. North Africa, Sicily, and Italy; 5. Burma and North-East India; 6. Medicine Victorious: North-West Europe, 1944-1945; 7. Conclusion; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.

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