War Wounds

Author : Elizabeth Stewart,Ashley Ekins
Publisher : Exisle Publishing
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2011-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781877568886

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War Wounds by Elizabeth Stewart,Ashley Ekins Pdf

The history of warfare and the history of medicine are closely intertwined. War has been an accelerator of advances in medical treatment and surgery. As modern weaponry became more destructive, medicine developed techniques and procedures to deal with the volume and nature of battlefield casualties. Preventative medicine has also increased the effectiveness of fighting forces through improvements in soldiers' health and disease resistance.This book is a collection of chapters by historians, medical practitioners and researchers, former and serving military medical officers, surgeons, nurses and veterans, who explore the impact of war, wounds and trauma through the historical record, reported narratives and personal experiences. The book includes major sections on World War One (including chapters on shell shock and plastic surgery), World War Two (including a chapter on the Nazi death camps), the Vietnam War (including chapters on Agent Orange and sexually transmitted diseases), together with chapters on the Korean War and the current conflict in Afghanistan. In addition, the book includes several personal stories in which veterans describe their experiences of injury and recovery. War Wounds is a truly unique book, which offers considerable insights into an aspect of war that is often mentioned but seldom examined as it is here. Medical professionals, military personnel and the general public will all find it a remarkably revealing read.

Author : Suzanne Gordon
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2018-10-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781501730849

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Wounds of War by Suzanne Gordon Pdf

U.S. military conflicts abroad have left nine million Americans dependent on the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) for medical care. Their "wounds of war" are treated by the largest hospital system in the country—one that has come under fire from critics in the White House, on Capitol Hill, and in the nation's media. In Wounds of War, Suzanne Gordon draws on five years of observational research to describe how the VHA does a better job than private sector institutions offering primary and geriatric care, mental health and home care services, and support for patients nearing the end of life. In the unusual culture of solidarity between patients and providers that the VHA has fostered, Gordon finds a working model for higher-quality health care and a much-needed alternative to the practice of for-profit medicine.

Author : Christine Salazar
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2018-07-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004377486

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The Treatment of War Wounds in Graeco-Roman Antiquity by Christine Salazar Pdf

In this investigation of the treatment of battle trauma in antiquity, 'treatment' is used in a double sense, both as actual medical treatment and literary 'treatment' in non-medical sources. Part I deals with the practical, medical aspects of the topic: the types of wounds likely to result from a battle, their surgical and pharmacological treatment, the question of medical services in ancient armies, medical terminology and the availability of medical knowledge. Part II discusses the use of scenes of wounding and wound treatment in literature, and Part III is a survey of the archaeological evidence. This is the first monograph to examine the topic in all its different aspects; it should be of interest to classicists, medical historians and military historians.

Author : David Kieran
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 543 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2019-04-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781479824007

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Signature Wounds by David Kieran Pdf

The surprising story of the Army’s efforts to combat PTSD and traumatic brain injury The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have taken a tremendous toll on the mental health of our troops. In 2005, then-Senator Barack Obama took to the Senate floor to tell his colleagues that “many of our injured soldiers are returning from Iraq with traumatic brain injury,” which doctors were calling the “signature wound” of the Iraq War. Alarming stories of veterans taking their own lives raised a host of vital questions: Why hadn’t the military been better prepared to treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and traumatic brain injury (TBI)? Why were troops being denied care and sent back to Iraq? Why weren’t the Army and the VA doing more to address these issues? Drawing on previously unreleased documents and oral histories, David Kieran tells the broad and nuanced story of the Army’s efforts to understand and address these issues, challenging the popular media view that the Iraq War was mismanaged by a callous military unwilling to address the human toll of the wars. The story of mental health during this war is the story of how different groups—soldiers, veterans and their families, anti-war politicians, researchers and clinicians, and military leaders—approached these issues from different perspectives and with different agendas. It is the story of how the advancement of medical knowledge moves at a different pace than the needs of an Army at war, and it is the story of how medical conditions intersect with larger political questions about militarism and foreign policy. This book shows how PTSD, TBI, and suicide became the signature wounds of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, how they prompted change within the Army itself, and how mental health became a factor in the debates about the impact of these conflicts on US culture.

Author : Marguerite Guzman Bouvard
Publisher : Prometheus Books
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2012-07-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781616145545

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Invisible Wounds of War by Marguerite Guzman Bouvard Pdf

There’s no real homecoming for many of our veterans returning from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. They may go through the motions of daily life in their hometowns, but the terrible sights and sounds of war are still fresh in their minds. This empathic, inside look into the lives of our combat veterans reveals the lingering impact that the longest wars in our nation’s history continue to have on far too many of our finest young people. Basing her account on numerous interviews with veterans and their families, the author examines the factors that have made these recent conflicts especially trying. A major focus of the book is the extreme duress that is a daily part of a soldier’s life in combat zones with no clear frontlines or perimeters. Having to cope with unrecognizable enemies in the midst of civilian populations and attacks from hidden weapons like improvised explosive devices exacts a heavy toll. Compounding the problem is the all-volunteer nature of our armed forces, which often demands multiple deployments of enlistees. This results in frequent cases of post-traumatic stress disorder and families disrupted by the long absence of one and sometimes both parents. The author also discusses the lack of connectedness between civilian society and military personnel, leading to inadequate healthcare for many veterans. This deficiency has been highlighted by the urgent need to treat traumatic brain injuries in survivors of explosions and the high veteran suicide rate. Bouvard concludes on a positive note by discussing some of the surprising and encouraging ways that the chasm between civilian and military life is being bridged to help reintegrate our returning soldiers. For veterans, their families, and especially for civilians unaware of how much our soldiers have endured, The Invisible Wounds of War is important reading.

Author : Shlomo Ben-Ami
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 9780195325423

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Scars of War, Wounds of Peace by Shlomo Ben-Ami Pdf

An insightful and thorough account of the Arab-Israeli conflict ranges from the birth of Israel to the present day, told from firsthand knowledge of the major characters and events, written by a former high-ranking Israeli official.

Author : Christos Giannou
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Amputees
ISBN : UCBK:C107338471

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War Surgery by Christos Giannou Pdf

Accompanying CD-ROM contains graphic footage of various war wound surgeries.

Author : Stephen Crane
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2020-09-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781465585622

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Wounds in the Rain: War Stories by Stephen Crane Pdf

Author : Diane Carlson Evans,Bob Welch,Joseph Galloway
Publisher : Permuted Press
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2020-05-26
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781682619131

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Healing Wounds by Diane Carlson Evans,Bob Welch,Joseph Galloway Pdf

In 1983, when Evans came up with the vision for the first-ever memorial on the National Mall to honor women who’d worn a military uniform, she wouldn’t be deterred. She remembered not only her sister veterans, but also the hundreds of young wounded men she had cared for, as she expressed during a Congressional hearing in Washington, D.C.: “Women didn’t have to enter military service, but we stepped up to serve believing we belonged with our brothers-in-arms and now we belong with them at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. If they belong there, we belong there. We were there for them then. We mattered.” In the end, those wounded soldiers who had survived proved to be there for their sisters-in-arms, joining their fight for honor in Evans’ journey of combating unforeseen bureaucratic obstacles and facing mean-spirited opposition. Her impassioned story of serving in Vietnam is a crucial backstory to her fight to honor the women she served beside. She details the gritty and high-intensity experience of being a nurse in the midst of combat and becomes an unlikely hero who ultimately serves her country again as a formidable force in her daunting quest for honor and justice.

Author : Fergal Keane
Publisher : William Collins
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Ireland
ISBN : 0008189250

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Wounds by Fergal Keane Pdf

A family story of a murder, blood and betrayal that tore an Irish town apart and causes men to be silent still. 'There was a tale about a British soldier being shot on the street outside my grandmother's house. My father told this as a ghost story. The mood of the telling was wistful. The killing had been wrong.

Author : Amnon Ben-Yehuda
Publisher : Outskirts Press
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2018-07-25
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781478799177

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Healing the Wounds of War by Amnon Ben-Yehuda Pdf

Amnon Ben-Yehuda, an Israeli native, joined the HAGANAH underground at age 13 and at 17 he joined the PALMACH, the shock troop branch of the HAGANAH. During the War Of Independence In April 1948, at a historic battle in Upper Galilee at a place called Nebbi Yusha, he miraculously survived a serious shot to the head. He ultimately recovered from short-term loss of sight and speech, but remained limited with his right hand. The twenty-two men killed in that battle were buried at the battle site in a common grave that had become a national monument for the heroes. After graduating from U. C. Berkeley in 1952 he ended up with a career in the computer field, serving some 18 years with NCR’s Computer Division; six years as GM of the Special System Division and two as GM of the Micrographics System Division. He was president of a small software company for two years before retiring to deal with his emotional wounds of war. At the battle’s 40th anniversary ceremony by the gravesite in 1988, Amnon delivered a eulogy for the fallen heroes, many being his childhood friends.

Author : Jonathan Kaplan
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2012-01-31
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780330542388

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Contact Wounds by Jonathan Kaplan Pdf

Surgery carries more individual responsibility than any other field of medicine. Jonathan Kaplan studied medicine in South Africa and, after working in a black township and being drafted by the South African army, he chose exile rather than serve the apartheid state. He travelled the globe in search of sanctuary, experiencing riots, tropical fevers, political upheaval and a jungle search for a lost friend. Kaplan landed eventually in Angola and took charge of a combat zone hospital, the only surgeon for 160,000 civilians, where he was exposed daily to the horrors of war. As a volunteer surgeon in Baghdad, he treated civilian casualties amid gunfights for control of hospitals, gangs of AK-47 wielding looters stripping pharmacies, and militant Shi'a groups harassing doctors out of operating rooms. Contact Wounds is an account of these travels. Immediate, haunting and wryly funny, the book is simultaneously a vivid illustration of how to mess up a promising medical career, and an account of survival – Kaplan’s own as well as that of his patients. Kaplan describes his attempt to find his place in a world entering a time of instability and war, and the way in which his qualifications in trauma and uncertainty have made him a specialist in this century’s changed requirements.

Author : Ana Carden-Coyne
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199698264

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The Politics of Wounds by Ana Carden-Coyne Pdf

This volume offers a new cultural approach to the history of medicine and wounding in the First World War, placing personal experiences of pain into the social, cultural, and political contexts of military medical institutions.

Author : Justin T. McDaniel,Evan R. Seamone,Stephen N. Xenakis
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : History
ISBN : 9780197646588

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Preventing and Treating the Invisible Wounds of War by Justin T. McDaniel,Evan R. Seamone,Stephen N. Xenakis Pdf

This volume provides several perspectives that help practitioners, advocates, and policymakers understand the impact of historical and recent wars on U.S. Military veterans. The chapters address newly recognized psychological conditions as risk factors for more serious diagnosable mental health disorders.

Author : Nancy Sherman
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780199325276

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Afterwar by Nancy Sherman Pdf

Drawing on in-depth interviews with service women and men, Nancy Sherman weaves narrative with a philosophical and psychological analysis of the moral and emotional attitudes at the heart of the afterwars. Afterwar offers no easy answers for reintegration. It insists that we widen the scope of veteran outreach to engaged, one-on-one relationships with veterans.