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Wounded: The Long Journey Home From the Great War

English

By (author): Emily Mayhew

This is the unforgettable story of the remarkable medical workers of World War One.

A hundred years ago, the Armistice that ended the Great War was signed. The human cost was devastating: over 21 million military wounded, and nearly 10 million killed. The injuries on the battlefield were unlike anything those in the medical field had ever witnessed. Yet, they adapted incredibly fast saving millions of lives.

Drawing on letters and diary entries, we follow the lone stretcher bearer into the trenches only to find that they were all dead, to the dugouts where rescue teams dug frantically to escape the earth-shaking shellfire, and from stretcher to aid station, from jolting ambulance to crowded operating tent, exploring actual cases of casualties who recorded their terrifying and remarkable experiences. A groundbreaking book of the history of the Western Front from a new perspective, this is a tribute to the indispensable medical network that came together and saved our soldiers.

A highly readable account...this is an engaging book...they are voices that deserve to be heard. Daily Express

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Product Details
  • Weight: 215g
  • Dimensions: 131 x 198mm
  • Publication Date: 06 Mar 2014
  • Publisher: Vintage Publishing
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9780099584186

About Emily Mayhew

Emily Mayhew is the author of Wounded: From Battlefield to Blighty 1914-1918. She is Research Associate at Imperial College and consultant and lecturer to various museums including the Wellcome Collection the Imperial War Museum and the Royal College of Surgeons. Her first book The Reconstruction of Warriors was published in 2004. Emilys primary research interest is the history of the medical treatment of severe casualty in 20th and 21st century warfare. She is determined to ensure that in particular the work and courage of the stretcher bearers of the Great War is properly represented during the centenary commemorations. During Autumn of 2014 she will be speaking at the Royal Institution the Cheltenham Literary Festival the Royal Society of Medicine the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow the Liverpool History Society the Florence Nightingale Museum and the Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution Great War Centenary Commemoration.

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