Battlefield Angels
Saving Lives Under Enemy Fire From Valley Forge to Afghanistan
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About this book
Author, journalist, and USS Midway Museum spokesman Scott McGaugh reveals the riveting stories of the men and women who save lives on the front lines in Battlefield Angels, the first book about battlefield medicine in the US military. Told from the point of view of the unsung heroes who slide into bomb craters and climb into blazing ships, this unique look at medicine in the trenches traces the history of the military medical corps and the contributions it has made to America’s health, for example, how the military medical corps pioneered the ambulance concept, emergency medevac helicopters, hospital designs, and contagious disease prevention. McGaugh also details how the military medical corps has adopted medical science discoveries, field tested them in battle, adapted them, and proved their value.
Contents
- Foreword by Vice Admiral Harold M. Koenig, M.D., 32nd U.S. Navy Surgeon General
- Preface
- Perils of Independence (Revolutionary War)
- Battlefield Evacuation (Civil War)
- Mechanized War (World War I)
- Fighting Infection (World War II: The Pacific)
- Defeating Disease (World War II: Tarawa)
- Mobile Combat Care (World War II: Europe)
- Overcoming Shock (World War II: Peleliu)
- Battle Burns (World War II: Iwo Jima)
- POW Medical Care (World War II: Philippines)
- Medicine on the Fly (Korean War)
- Helos and Hospitals (Vietnam War)
- Mass Casualties (Vietnam War)
- Battlefield ER (Iraq)
- Invisible Scars (Afghanistan and Iraq)
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
Hardback; July 2011; 304 pages; ISBN: 9781849085151