Medicine and victory : British military medicine in the Second World War /
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...
| Основен автор: | Harrison, Mark, 1964- |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2004.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=191280 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Medicine and victory. |
| Резюме: |
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. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xiii, 320 pages) : illustrations, portrait |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 288-307) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781429469531 1429469536 9780191514968 0191514969 1280841044 9781280841040 |