04895oam 22008054a 450 991048040000332120220204142821.01-78499-241-01-78170-896-7(CKB)4330000000005737(SSID)ssj0001599298(PQKBManifestationID)16300894(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001599298(PQKBWorkID)14816896(PQKB)11647049(StDuBDS)EDZ0001281025(MiAaPQ)EBC4789563(OCoLC)980815095(MdBmJHUP)muse59399(EXLCZ)99433000000000573720150930d2015 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrWorking in a world of hurtTrauma and resilience in the narratives of medical personnel in warzones /Carol Acton and Jane PotterManchester :Manchester University Press,2015.Baltimore, Md. :Project MUSE,2017©2015.1 online resourceCultural history of modern warBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-78499-242-9 0-7190-9036-9 Includes bibliographical references (pages 250-261)and index.Introduction -- 'These frightful sights would work havoc with one's brain : First World War writings by medical personnel -- 'Over there' : American confidence and the narrative of resilience in the Great War -- 'You damn well just got on with your job' : medical personnel and the invasion of Europe in the Second World War -- 'It was a tough life and I did all I could to lighten the men;s burden' : British POW medics' memoirs of the Second World War -- Claiming trauma : women in the Vietnam War -- Crying silently : doctors and medics in the Vietnam War -- Fatal injury -- Conclusion: 'Shared experiences and meanings'.Working in a world of hurt fills a significant gap in the studies of the psychological trauma wrought by war by focusing not on soldiers, but on the men and women who fought to save them in casualty clearing stations, hospitals and prison camps. Through a rich analysis of both published and unpublished personal accounts by doctors, nurses, ambulance drivers and other medical personnel from the major wars of the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, Acton and Potter uncover a spectrum of responses to what was often unimaginable suffering, which ranged from breakdown to resilience, from exhausted resignation to firmer belief in humanity despite the brutalities of armed conflict. Organised chronologically, the book examines a broad range of writings and voices that have until now received little attention, including volunteer ambulance drivers in the First World War, POW doctors in the Second World War and medics in the Vietnam War. With a chapter dedicated to the recent narratives of medical personnel in Iraq, the study is highly topical and situates the life-writing from these contemporary wars within a larger tradition of war literature. Wide-ranging in scope and interdisciplinary in methods, Working in a world of hurt puts the letters, diaries and memoirs that chronicle physical and emotional suffering centre stage, many for the first time. These testaments to the torment of combatants also - crucially - bear witness to the harrowing struggles of wartime healers. Scholarly yet accessible, it will appeal to lecturers and students as well as the general reader.Cultural history of modern war.Medicine, Militaryfast(OCoLC)fst01015285World War, 1914-1918Personal narrativesWorld War, 1939-1945Personal narrativesVietnam War, 1961-1975Personal narrativesMilitary NursingIraq War, 2003-2011Personal narrativesMilitary PersonnelpsychologyMilitary MedicineMedicine, MilitaryBiographyMedicine, MilitaryBiography.Electronic books.Medicine, Military.World War, 1914-1918Personal narratives.World War, 1939-1945Personal narratives.Vietnam War, 1961-1975Personal narratives.Military Nursing.Iraq War, 2003-2011Personal narratives.Military Personnelpsychology.Military Medicine.Medicine, MilitaryMedicine, Military.355.3Acton Carol1958-1054614Potter Jane(Lecturer),MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910480400003321Working in a world of hurt2487400UNINA