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Battle-Scarred: Mortality, Medical Care and Military Welfare in the British Civil Wars

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Full Title:

Battle-Scarred: Mortality, Medical Care and Military Welfare in the British Civil Wars

Contributors:

By (Author) David Appleby
Edited by Andrew Hopper

ISBN:

9781526124807

Publisher:

Manchester University Press

Imprint:

Manchester University Press

Publication Date:

10th July 2018

Country:

United Kingdom

Classifications

Readership:

General

Dewey:

942.0627

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Hardback

Number of Pages:

264

Dimensions:

Width 156mm, Height 234mm

Description

Battle-scarred investigates the human costs of the British Civil Wars. Through a series of varied case studies it examines the wartime experience of disease, burial, surgery and wounds, medicine, hospitals, trauma, military welfare, widowhood, desertion, imprisonment and charity. The percentage population loss in these conflicts was far higher than that of the two World Wars, which renders the Civil Wars arguably the most unsettling experience the British people have ever undergone. The volume explores its themes from new angles, demonstrating how military history can broaden its perspective and reach out to new audiences. -- .

Author Bio

David J. Appleby is Lecturer in Early Modern British History at the University of Nottingham

Andrew Hopper is Professor of English Local History at the University of Leicester

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