Medics
at War
New book describes military
medicine from Colonial times to the 21st Century
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WASHINGTON
-- The Association of the U.S. Army, in
conjunction with the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement
of Military Medicine and the Naval Institute Press, unveiled
a book at the AUSA Medical Symposium and Exposition in San
Antonio in June honoring the practitioners of American Military
Medicine.
Entitled Medics at War: Military Medicine from Colonial Times
to the 21st Century, the book is written by the Historian
of the Office of the Army Surgeon General Dr. John T. Greenwood,
and edited by F. Clifton Berry Jr., who produced the award
winning "Army at War" for AUSA in 2003.
Lavishly illustrated with over 150 photos and illustrations,
some may mistake this for a coffee table book, a mere collection
of pictures purchased in lieu of having taken your own during
your own service. They would be wrong. This is the only single
volume history of American Military Medicine that has appeared
in many years.
Written both to inform and inspire, it provides not only an
overview of battlefield medicine for the Army, but covers
all the services including all the links and key specialties
in the military healthcare system.
According to Dr. James Nanney, historian for the Air Force
surgeon general, this book contains much information about
Navy and Air Force combat medicine, and describes how the
three services have cooperated in America’s wars.
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