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UNINA9910462810003321 |
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Autore |
Gabriel Richard A. |
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Titolo |
Between flesh and steel : a history of military medicine from the Middle Ages to the war in Afghanistan / / Richard A. Gabriel |
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Washington, District of Columbia : , : Potomac Books, , [2013] |
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©2013 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (312 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Medicine, Military |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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The emergence of modern warfare : 1453 to the twenty-first century -- The Renaissance and the rebirth of the empirical spirit -- The seventeenth century : gunpowder and slaughter -- The eighteenth century : the first effective military medical systems -- The nineteenth century : the age of amputation -- Military medicine in the twentieth century : the emergence of modern military medicine -- Military medicine in the twenty-first century : unconventional warfare -- Some thoughts on war. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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""War is the slaughter bench of history""--Hegel |
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