Battlefield Medics: How Warfare Changed the History of Medicine

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This is the story of the brave men and women who go to war armed with bandages not bombs, scalpels not swords, and put saving life above taking life.

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Martin King is a British Emmy-award winning author, historian and historical consultant. He has written many books on World War II. His 2015 documentary film Searching for Augusta won seven Emmy awards and his 2017 book The Fighting 30th Division was nominated for the Prestigious Writer's Award. He is regarded as one of the world's leading experts on the Battle of the Bulge. He lives in Belgium, where he spends his time reintroducing veterans of World War II to the battlefields where they fought.

Colonel Robert Campbell served in the US Army for nearly three decades. In 2013 he took command of the 5,000-strong 1st 'Bastogne' Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division and he has two books: It's Personal (Not) Personnel and At Ease: Enjoying the Freedom You Fought For.