Wounded: A New History of the Western Front in World War I
Title | Wounded: A New History of the Western Front in World War I |
Publication Type | Book |
Year of Publication | 2014 |
Authors | Mayhew, Emily |
Number of Pages | 275 |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
City | New York |
Abstract | InĀ Wounded, Emily Mayhew tells the history of the Western Front from a new perspective: the medical network that arose seemingly overnight to help sick and injured soldiers. These men and women pulled injured troops from the hellscape of trench, shell crater, and no man's land, transported them to the rear, and treated them for everything from foot rot to poison gas, venereal disease to traumatic amputation from exploding shells. Drawing on hundreds of letters and diary entries, Mayhew moves her account along the route followed by wounded men, from stretcher to aid station, from jolting ambulance to crowded operating tent, from railway station to the ship home, exploring actual cases of casualties who recorded their experiences. |
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