Review
“It is this history [of military medicine], so central to that of warfare, that Richard Gabriel and Karen Metz survey in this invaluable book. . . . No one has hitherto attempted . . . a comprehensive treatment of the subject from the earliest times to the present day and from all civilizations. To have written such a study is Gabriel's and Metz's achievement. It will become an automatic source of reference for all military historians, for medical historians interested in the parallel development of military and civil medicine, and for anyone else concerned with this aspect of warfare through the ages.”–John Keegan from the Foreword
Product Description
This two-volume work is the first published comprehensive history of military medicine in the Western world. The second volume begins with the Renaissance and ends with the Vietnam War. Throughout both volumes, the analysis is presented in a chronological sequence, with particular civilizations or nations studied according to their period of military importance. In the second volume, additional emphasis is placed on the cross-national transfer of information relevant to military medicine. Each volume concludes with a bibliography and general subject index.
