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UNINA9910784812803321 |
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Autore |
Harrison Mark <1964-> |
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Titolo |
Medicine and victory [[electronic resource] ] : British military medicine in the Second World War / / Mark Harrison |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2004 |
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ISBN |
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1-383-04118-0 |
1-280-84104-4 |
0-19-151496-9 |
1-4294-6953-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (335 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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World War, 1939-1945 - Medical care - Great Britain |
Medicine, Military - Great Britain - History - 20th century |
War - Medical aspects |
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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 (p. [288]-307) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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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