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• catalog abstract "Fought on almost every continent, the Second World War confronted American GIs with unprecedented threats to life and health posed by combat on Arctic ice floes and African deserts, steamy island jungles and remote mountain villages, the stratosphere and the depths of the sea. Service men were assaulted by frostbite, malaria, shrapnel, and landmines. But the demands of war provoked unparalleled medical advances in the years 1941-45, as well. In a war that unleashed the technology of destruction as no previous conflict had, the tale of those whose duty it was to save lives in World War II, not destroy them, has remained untold. Now, award-winning author Albert Cowdrey has written the first comprehensive history of one of the most important yet underappreciated weapons of World War II - America's extraordinary military medicine. Cowdrey tells the remarkable story of how American units developed and implemented new technology under dire pressures, succeeding so brilliantly that World War II became the first American war in which more men died in combat than of disease. Penicillin brought the antibiotic revolution to the battlefield, air evacuation plucked the wounded from jungles and deserts, and a unique system brought blood, still fresh from America, to our soldiers all over the world. Surgeons working just behind the front lines stabilized the worst cases, while physicians and public health experts suppressed epidemics and cured exotic diseases. Psychiatrists, nurses and medics all performed heroic feats amidst unspeakable conditions. Together, these men and women improvised medical miracles on the battlefield that could not have been imagined by practitioners in peacetime. Cowdrey recalls those triumphant years when Americans, blessed with the skill, courage, and dedication of a formidable medical fighting force, achieved a spectacular victory.".
• catalog contributor b5903805.
• catalog created "c1994.".
• catalog date "1994".
• catalog date "c1994.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c1994.".
• catalog description "Ch. 1. Before the battle -- Ch. 2. Awakening to war -- Ch. 3. Medics afloat and ashore -- Ch. 4. The green hells -- Ch. 5. Gearing up -- Ch. 6. School of battle -- Ch. 7. The stress of combat -- Ch. 8. Wounded in action -- Ch. 9. Jungle victories -- Ch. 10. The bloody islands -- Ch. 11. Buildup in Britain -- Ch. 12. From D-Day to Bastogne -- Ch. 13. From war to peace -- Ch. 15. The War's long shadow.".
• catalog description "Cowdrey recalls those triumphant years when Americans, blessed with the skill, courage, and dedication of a formidable medical fighting force, achieved a spectacular victory.".
• catalog description "Cowdrey tells the remarkable story of how American units developed and implemented new technology under dire pressures, succeeding so brilliantly that World War II became the first American war in which more men died in combat than of disease. Penicillin brought the antibiotic revolution to the battlefield, air evacuation plucked the wounded from jungles and deserts, and a unique system brought blood, still fresh from America, to our soldiers all over the world. Surgeons working just behind the front lines stabilized the worst cases, while physicians and public health experts suppressed epidemics and cured exotic diseases. Psychiatrists, nurses and medics all performed heroic feats amidst unspeakable conditions. Together, these men and women improvised medical miracles on the battlefield that could not have been imagined by practitioners in peacetime.".
• catalog description "Fought on almost every continent, the Second World War confronted American GIs with unprecedented threats to life and health posed by combat on Arctic ice floes and African deserts, steamy island jungles and remote mountain villages, the stratosphere and the depths of the sea. Service men were assaulted by frostbite, malaria, shrapnel, and landmines. But the demands of war provoked unparalleled medical advances in the years 1941-45, as well. In a war that unleashed the technology of destruction as no previous conflict had, the tale of those whose duty it was to save lives in World War II, not destroy them, has remained untold. Now, award-winning author Albert Cowdrey has written the first comprehensive history of one of the most important yet underappreciated weapons of World War II - America's extraordinary military medicine.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
• catalog extent "viii, 392 p. :".
• catalog hasFormat "Fighting for life.".
• catalog identifier "0029068355".
• catalog isFormatOf "Fighting for life.".
• catalog issued "1994".
• catalog issued "c1994.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "New York : Free Press ; Toronto : Maxwell Macmillan Canada ; New York : Maxwell Macmillan International,".
• catalog relation "Fighting for life.".
• catalog spatial "United States".
• catalog spatial "United States.".
• catalog subject "940.54/7573 20".
• catalog subject "D 807.U6 C874f 1994".
• catalog subject "D807.U6 C685 1994".
• catalog subject "Medicine, Military United States History 20th century.".
• catalog subject "Military Medicine United States History.".
• catalog subject "War United States.".
• catalog subject "World War, 1939-1945 Medical care United States.".
• catalog tableOfContents "Ch. 1. Before the battle -- Ch. 2. Awakening to war -- Ch. 3. Medics afloat and ashore -- Ch. 4. The green hells -- Ch. 5. Gearing up -- Ch. 6. School of battle -- Ch. 7. The stress of combat -- Ch. 8. Wounded in action -- Ch. 9. Jungle victories -- Ch. 10. The bloody islands -- Ch. 11. Buildup in Britain -- Ch. 12. From D-Day to Bastogne -- Ch. 13. From war to peace -- Ch. 15. The War's long shadow.".
• catalog title "Fighting for life : American military medicine in World War II / Albert E. Cowdrey.".
• catalog type "History. fast".
• catalog type "text".