Battlefield angels: saving lives under enemy fire from Valley Forge to Afghanistan

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"Battlefield Angels captures the in-the-trenches moments during which medics and corpsmen fought to save the lives of their comrades. Readers will learn the fascinating history of battlefield medicine and how it has benefited both military and civilian medical practice throughout American history."--Page [2] of dust jacket.

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Full title :Battlefield angels : saving lives under enemy fire from Valley Forge to Afghanistan / Scott McGaugh.

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Publication Date:2011.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Osprey Publishing
Place of Publication:Long Island City, NY
Language:eng
Publication Date:2011.

The Physical Object

Description:x, 272 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : : illustrations (some color) ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781849085151, 1849085153
oclc:ocn676726644
LC Classification:UH223
Dewey Decimal:355.3/450973

Foreword / Harold M. Koenig -- Preface -- 1. Perils of independence: Revolutionary War -- 2. Battlefield evacuation: Civil War -- 3. Mechanized war: World War I -- 4. Fighting infection. World War II: the Pacific -- 5. Defeating disease. World War II: Tarawa -- 6. Mobile combat care. World War II: Europe -- 7. Overcoming shock. World War II: Peleliu -- 8. Battle burns. World War II: Iwo Jima -- 9. Medical care behind bars. World War II: Philippines -- 10. Medicine on the fly: Korean War -- 11. Helos and hospitals: Vietnam War -- 12. Mass casualties: Vietnam War -- 13. Battlefield ER: Iraq -- 14. Invisible scars: Afghanistan and Iraq -- Conclusion.

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Armed Forces -- Medical care Geschichte Guerre -- Secours aux malades et blessés History Medicine, Military Medicine, Military -- History. -- Unite… Military medicine -- History. -- United… Sanitätsdienst United States United States -- Armed Forces United States., Army USA War -- Relief of sick and wounded