The Medical War describes the role of medicine in the British Army during theFirst World War. It argues that medicine played a vital part in the war, helping to sustain the morale of troops and their families, and reducing the wastage of manpower. INDICE: Introduction; 1: Building the medical machine: the Western Front, 1914 - June 1916; 2: The machine in motion: the Western Front, July 1916 - November 1918; 3: War, health, and citizenship: preventive medicine on the Western Front; 4: Gallipoli: the failure of command; 5: 'Wonder and pain': Mesopotamia, November 1914 - May 1916; 6: War against nature: malaria in Salonika, East Africa, and the Middle East; 7: Military medicine in transition: Mesopotamia, June 1916 - November 1918; Conclusion; Bibliography
- ISBN: 978-0-19-957582-4
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 368
- Fecha Publicación: 28/10/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés