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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harrison, Mark, 1964- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medicine, Military--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Medicine, Military.

World War, 1939-1945--Medical care.

World War, 1939-1945.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (335 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

CIP entry (Jul.)

Previously issued in print: 2004.

Includes bibliographical references.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

1-383-04118-0

1-280-84104-4

0-19-151496-9

1-4294-6953-6

OCLC:

437108922