{"product_id":"the-medical-war-mark-harrison-9780199575824","title":"The Medical War: British Military Medicine in the First World War","description":"\u003cem\u003eThe Medical War \u003c\/em\u003edescribes 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Medical War\u003c\/em\u003e is divided more or less evenly between an analysis of medicine on the Western Front and selected campaigns in other theatres of the war, principally Mesopotamia, Gallipoli, Salonika, East Africa, and the Middle East. It explores preventive medicine and casualty disposal and treatment, attempting to view these not only from the perspective of medical personnel but also from that of commanders, patients, politicians, and the general public. In providing this wide-ranging geographical and thematic coverage of medicine, \u003cem\u003eThe Medical War\u003c\/em\u003e is unique among books on medicine in the First World War. It also differs from existing work in considering the British Army's medical responsibilities for non-British troops and labourers, principally those of the Indian Army and various colonial labour detachments.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark Harrison\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0199575827\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199575824\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 364\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.50w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2011","brand":"Mark Harrison","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44761473548543,"sku":"9780199575824","price":180.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_83c74199-9178-466c-ac48-e2465a8eaa3d.jpg?v=1706681420","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-medical-war-mark-harrison-9780199575824","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}