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

Author/creator Gabriel, Richard A.
Format Electronic
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoWashington, D.C. : Potomac Books,
Descriptionix, 301 p. ; 24 cm.
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Contents 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 -- Military medicine in the twentieth century : the emergence of modern military medicine -- Military medicine in the twenty-first century : unconventional warfare -- Some thoughts on war.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2012039781
ISBN9781612344201 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9781612344218 (e-book)

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