Medicine and victory [[electronic resource] ] : British military medicine in the Second World War / / Mark Harrison

• Autore: Harrison Mark <1964->
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (335 p.)
• Disciplina: 940.54/7541
• Soggetto topico: World War, 1939-1945 - Medical care - Great Britain; Medicine, Military - Great Britain - History - 20th century; War - Medical aspects
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [288]-307) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Medicine and victory
• ISBN: 1-383-04118-0; 1-280-84104-4; 0-19-151496-9; 1-4294-6953-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910784812803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II