Disease, War, and the Imperial State
Subtitle: The Welfare of the British Armed Forces During the Seven Years' War
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9780226180007
Subjects: Armed forces; Medicine, military, history; Seven years' war, 1756-1763; Great britain, armed forces
Description: The Seven Years' War, often called the first global war, spanned North America, the West Indies, Europe, and India. In these locations diseases such as scurvy, smallpox, and yellow fever killed far more than combat did, stretching the resources of European states. In this title, Erica Charters demonstrates how disease played a vital role in shaping strategy and campaigning, British state policy, and imperial relations during the Seven Years' War.