| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 320 pages) : illustrations, portrait |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 288-307) and index. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
World War (1939-1945) |
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Medical care -- Great Britain.
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Medicine, Military -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
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Medicine, Military. |
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Great Britain. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
War -- Medical aspects.
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War -- Medical aspects. |
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Military Medicine -- history. |
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Public Health Practice -- history. |
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History, 20th Century. |
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Armed Conflicts. |
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United Kingdom. |
| Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Harrison, Mark. Medicine and victory. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004 0199268592 9780199268597 (DLC) 2004303411 (OCoLC)55981106 |
| ISBN |
9781429469531 (electronic book) |
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1429469536 (electronic book) |
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9780191514968 (electronic book) |
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0191514969 (electronic book) |
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1280841044 |
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9781280841040 |
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0199268592 (Cloth) |
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