The backwash of war : the human wreckage of the battlefield as witnessed by an American hospital nurse
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x, 186 pages ; 19 cm
The 'backwash' of Ellen La Motte's controversial book are the dirty, smelly, lice and disease ridden bodies of wounded French soldiers brought into her field hospital, 10 kilometres behind the Western Front of the First World War. They compose the 'human wreckage' of highly organised and industrialised warfare. Ellen La Motte's graphic and highly vivid studies of how modern weapons of war can truly wreck the human body and mind remain a potent reminder of the true costs of conflict. No wonder the American Government banned The Backwash of War in 1918
"The classic account of a First World War field hospital"--Cover
Originally published: 1916
Heroes -- La patrie reconnaissante -- The hole in the hedge -- Alone -- A Belgian civilian -- The interval -- Women and wives -- Pour la patrie -- Locomotor Ataxia -- A surgical triumph -- At the telephone -- A citation -- An incident
The 'backwash' of Ellen La Motte's controversial book are the dirty, smelly, lice and disease ridden bodies of wounded French soldiers brought into her field hospital, 10 kilometres behind the Western Front of the First World War. They compose the 'human wreckage' of highly organised and industrialised warfare. Ellen La Motte's graphic and highly vivid studies of how modern weapons of war can truly wreck the human body and mind remain a potent reminder of the true costs of conflict. No wonder the American Government banned The Backwash of War in 1918
"The classic account of a First World War field hospital"--Cover
Originally published: 1916
Heroes -- La patrie reconnaissante -- The hole in the hedge -- Alone -- A Belgian civilian -- The interval -- Women and wives -- Pour la patrie -- Locomotor Ataxia -- A surgical triumph -- At the telephone -- A citation -- An incident
Notes
Some text/cut off due too close to the gutter tight binding inherent.