Providing for the casualities of war the American experience through World War II
War has always been a dangerous business, bringing injury, wounds, and death, and--until recently--often disease. What has changed over time, most dramatically in the last 150 or so years, is the care these casualties receive and who provides it. This book looks at the history of how humanity has ca...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Santa Monica, CA :
RAND Corporation
2013.
Santa Monica, CA : 2013. |
| Series: | Gale eBooks
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009421495606719 |
| Summary: | War has always been a dangerous business, bringing injury, wounds, and death, and--until recently--often disease. What has changed over time, most dramatically in the last 150 or so years, is the care these casualties receive and who provides it. This book looks at the history of how humanity has cared for its war casualties and veterans, from ancient times through the aftermath of World War II. |
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| Item Description: | "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense." |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xix, 286 pages, 18 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780833078216 9780833078193 |
