Desperate Surgery in the Pacific War
Subtitle: American Doctors and Damage Control at the Front, 1942-1945
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 476
ISBN-13: 9781476664217
Subjects: United states, history, military
Description: "Caring for the wounded in the World War II Pacific Theater posed serious challenges to doctors and surgeons. This book details the efforts and innovations of the doctors, surgeons, corpsmen and medics who worked to preserve life under extreme and dangerous conditions"--