Medicine and conflict : the Spanish Civil War and its traumatic legacy / Sebastian Browne.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Browne, Sebastian, author.

Series:

Routledge/Cañada Blanch studies on contemporary Spain ; 23.

Routledge/Cañada Blanch studies on contemporary Spain ; 23

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medicine, Military.

History.

Medical care.

Spain--History--Civil War, 1936-1939--Medical care.

Spain.

Medicine, Military--Spain--History--20th century.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xvi, 240 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2019.

Summary:

"This book focuses on an important but neglected aspect of the Spanish Civil War, the evolution of medical and surgical care of the wounded during the conflict. Importantly, the focus is from a mainly Spanish perspective - as the Spanish are given a voice in their own story which has not always been the case. Central to the book is General Franco's treatment of Muslim combatants, the anarchist contribution to health, and the medicalisation of propaganda - themes which come together in a medico-cultural study of the Spanish Civil War. Suffusing the narrative and the analysis is the traumatic legacy of conflict, an untreated wound that a new generation of Spaniards are struggling to heal"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Military conflict and medical care of the Moroccan wounded 1909-1939

Organisation

Blood propaganda

The end of the Spanish Civil War and the trauma of post-war Francoism.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780815394235

0815394233

OCLC:

1049575704