Medicine in First World War Europe: Soldiers, Medics, Pacifists

by Fiona Reid

Book Overview

The casualty rates of the First World War were unprecedented: approximately 10 million combatants were wounded from Britain, France and Germany alone. In consequence, military-medical services expanded and the war ensured that medical professionals became firmly embedded within the armed services. In a situation of total war civilians on the home front came into more contact than before with medical professionals, and even pacifists played a significant...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 147251324X
• ISBN13: 9781472513243
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"