A History of the U.S. Army Nurse Corps (Studies in Health, Illness, and Caregiving)
"Extraordinary."—American Journal of Nursing"This volume celebrates and illuminates the significant contributions, arduous labors, and formidable challenges of the hundreds of thousands of women and men who have served as Army nurses since the earliest history of the United States of America in times of peace and war."—Maj. Gen. Nancy R. Adams, Chief, Army Nurse Corps, 1991-1995"Using official sources, personal letters, and a wealth of published secondary and primary materials, [Sarnecky] provides a detailed account of military nursing from its Revolutionary War origins through the Vietnam era. Her documentation is meticulous and her anecdotes are illuminating. . . . A work essential to any study of the corps or military medicine."—Choice"A significant contribution to the history of military medicine in the U.S. Army, one that will prove invaluable to students and researchers alike."—Bulletin in the History of Medicine