The Medical War: British Military Medicine in the First World War

by Mark Harrison

The Medical War describes the role of medicine in the British Army during the First World War. Mark Harrison argues that medicine played a vital part in the war, helping to sustain the morale of troops and their families, and reducing the wastage of manpower. Effective medical provisions were vital to the continuation of the war in all the major theatres, for both political and operational reasons.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199575827
• ISBN13: 9780199575824
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 364 Pages
• Weight: 1.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.3"