Fighting for life : American military medicine in World War II

Author(s)

• Cowdrey, Albert E.

Bibliographic Information

Fighting for life : American military medicine in World War II

Albert E. Cowdrey

Free Press, c1994

• [: pbk]

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Fought on almost every continent, World War II confronted American GIs with the unprecedented threats to life and health posed by combat on Arctic ice floes and African deserts, in steamy jungles and remote mountain villages, in the stratosphere and the depths of the sea.

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Details

• NCID: BA89516674
• ISBN:
  • 9780684863795
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: viii, 392 p., [16] p. of plates
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : D807.U6
  • DC20 : 940.54/7573
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : World War, 1939-1945 -- Medical care -- United States
  • LCSH : Medicine, Military -- United States -- History -- 20th century