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Nurse Writers of the Great War

Christine Hallett author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Manchester University Press

Published:4th Feb '16

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The First World War was the first ‘total war’. Its industrial weaponry damaged millions of men and drove whole armies underground into dangerously unhealthy trenches. Many were killed. Many more suffered terrible, life-threatening injuries: wound infections such as gas gangrene and tetanus, exposure to extremes of temperature, emotional trauma and systemic disease. In an effort to alleviate this suffering, tens of thousands of women volunteered to serve as nurses. Of these, some were experienced professionals, while others had undergone only minimal training. But regardless of their preparation, they would all gain a unique understanding of the conditions of industrial warfare. Until recently their contributions, both to the saving of lives and to our understanding of warfare, have remained largely hidden from view. By combining biographical research with textual analysis, Nurse writers of the great war opens a window onto their insights into the nature of nursing and the impact of warfare.

An electronic edition of this book is freely available under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND) licence.

ISBN: 9781784992521

Dimensions: 216mm x 138mm x 17mm

Weight: 494g

296 pages