Providing for the casualities of war : : the American experience through World War II / / Bernard Rostker.

• Author: National Defense Research Institute (U.S.); Rostker, Bernard.
• TeilnehmendeR: National Defense Research Institute (U.S.)
• Place / Publishing House: Santa Monica, CA : : RAND National Defense Research Institute,, 2013.
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Series: Gale eBooks
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xix, 286 pages, 18 unnumbered pages of plates) :; illustrations (some color)
• Notes: "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense."

War has always been a dangerous business, bringing injury, wounds, and death, and--until recently--often disease. What has changed over time, most dramatically in the last 150 or so years, is the care these casualties receive and who provides it. This book looks at the history of how humanity has ca...