Between flesh and steel : a history of military medicine from the Middle Ages to the war in Afghanistan / Richard A. Gabriel.

Over the last five centuries, the development of modern weapons and warfare has created an entirely new set of challenges for practitioners in the field of military medicine. Here is traced the historical development of military medicine from the Middle Ages to modern times. It focuses on three key...

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Main Author: Gabriel, Richard A.
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, [2013]
Edition:First edition.
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Physical Description:ix, 301 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book

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505 0 |a The emergence of modern warfare : 1453 to the twenty-first century -- The Renaissance and the rebirth of the empirical spirit -- The seventeenth century : gunpowder and slaughter -- The eighteenth century : the first effective military medical systems -- The nineteenth century : the age of amputation -- The twentieth century : the emergence of modern military medicine --The twenty-first century : unconventional warfare -- Some thoughts on war. 
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