War, Medicine and Modernity

• Author(s): Roger Cooter,
• Publisher: Sutton
• Pages: 258
• ISBN_10: 0750918020
  ISBN_13: 9780750918022
  
• Language: en
• Categories: History / General , Medical / Military Medicine , Social Science / Sociology / General , Technology & Engineering / Military Science ,

Description:... This is an assessment of the crucial inteconnections between war, medicine and modernity. Covering the period from 1870 to 1945, beginning with the Franco-Prussian War and ending with World War II, it spans not only the birth of modern warfare but also one of the most critical periods in the emergence of modern society.