The Medical Department: Medical Services in the European Theater of Operations (United States Army in World War II: The Technical Services)

Cosmas, Graham A.

ISBN 10: 1946411078 / ISBN 13: 9781946411075

Edité par St. John's Press, 2017

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672 pages. 10.00x7.00x1.52 inches. In Stock.

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• Titre: The Medical Department: Medical Services in the European Theater of Operations (United States Army in World War II: The Technical Services)
• Éditeur: St. John's Press
• Date de parution: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1946411078
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781946411075
• Reliure: Paperback
• État de l'article: Brand New
• Poids: 1,42 kilogramme

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From the Preface and Introduction -The Medical Department: Medical Service in the European Theater of Operations is the second of three volumes recounting the overseas activitiesof the U.S. Army Medical Department in World War II. Charles M.Wiltse's volume on the Mediterranean and minor theaters was published in 1963, and a completed manuscript dealing with the waragainst Japan now exists in the Center of Military History. These volumes deal primarily with the operational and organizational history ofArmy medicine in the theaters, as distinguished from the clinical volumespublished by the Office of the Surgeon General. In each case the combat narrative has been drawn from relevant volumes in the United States Army in World War II series, as well as from the large body ofsubsequent scholarship. Our aim has been to show how the military medical system organized itself in a combat theater; how medical planningwas integrated with logistical and tactical planning; how medical troops were organized, trained and deployed; how hospitals were builtand supplies assembled and moved forward; and how casualties were treated and evacuated from the field of battle.Although readily admitting the importance of combat service support forces, military students and historians alike tend to concentrateon combat and combat support units when studying operations, giving only passing attention to the vital work of the logisticians, signalmen,transport troops, and the rest. This is regrettable, for the operations of combat service support units—especially in a global conflict like WorldWar II with its vast distances and varied terrains—have much to teach us about modern warfare, lessons that remain of surpassing importance to our profession. The Medical Department: Medical Service in the EuropeanTheater of Operations supports the proposition that the experience of medical personnel in war directly stimulates advances in medical science.More importantly, it demonstrates that the organization of healthcare in the combat zones, including evacuation of the wounded, control of disease among troops and civilian populations, and care of prisoners of war, contributed directly to the Allied victory. The exploits of the doctors, corpsmen, and medical support units provide a model for theplanning and organization of medical support in today's Army.