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Wounded: A New History of the Western Front in World War IThe number of soldiers wounded in World War I is, in itself, devastating: over 21 million military wounded, and nearly 10 million killed. On the battlefield, the injuries were shocking, unlike anything those in the medical field had ever witnessed. The bullets hit fast and hard, went deep and took bits of dirty uniform and airborne soil particles in with them. Soldier after soldier came in with the most dreaded kinds of casualty: awful, deep, ragged
The number of soldiers wounded in World War I is, in itself, devastating: over 21 million military wounded, and nearly 10 million killed. On the battlefield, the injuries were shocking, unlike anything those in the medical field had ever witnessed. The bullets hit fast and hard, went deep and took bits of dirty uniform and airborne soil particles in with them. Soldier after soldier came in with the most dreaded kinds of casualty: awful, deep, ragged wounds to their heads, faces and abdomens. And yet the medical personnel faced with these unimaginable injuries adapted with amazing aptitude, thinking and reacting on their feet to save millions of lives.In Wounded, Emily Mayhew tells the history of the Western Front from a new perspective: the medical network that arose seemingly overnight to help sick and injured soldiers. These men and women pulled injured troops from the hellscape of trench, shell crater, and no man's land, transported them to the rear, and treated them for everything from foot rot to poison gas, venereal disease to traumatic amputation from exploding shells. Drawing on hundreds of letters and diary entries, Mayhew allows readers to peer over the shoulder of the stretcher bearer who jumped into a trench and tried unsuccessfully to get a tightly packed line of soldiers out of the way, only to find that they were all dead. She takes us into dugouts where rescue teams awoke to dirt thrown on their faces by scores of terrified moles, digging frantically to escape the earth-shaking shellfire. Mayhew moves her account along the route followed by wounded men, from stretcher to aid station, from jolting ambulance to crowded operating tent, from railway station to the ship home, exploring actual cases of casualties who recorded their experiences.
Both comprehensive and intimate, this groundbreaking book captures an often neglected aspect of the soldier's world and a transformative moment in military and medical history.
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 03/01/2016
ISBN: 9780190454449
Pages: 288
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.80d
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★★★★★ 5
Good book
Format: Paperback
I didn't even play The tie in video game. It's just a good book.
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Reviewed in the United States on June 19, 2023
★★★★★ 5
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I enjoyed it
Why? It tells a story of a Jewish master who lost her way and was found...by a lost padawan
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Reviewed in the United States on July 20, 2021
★★★★★ 4
A prequel to Jedi Fallen Order
Format: Kindle
It’s an interesting read to see Cere Junda and her master Eno Cordova trying to find secrets in hidden temple while tension builds between two civilizations. A typical story about outsiders involved between two societies battling share one land, while trying to find a balance, what have you, it’s not bad and I did like what they we’re going with, it’s just been done before. All in all, a decent story in a galaxy far, far away.
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Reviewed in the United States on September 15, 2021
★★★★★ 5
To every Jedi
Format: Kindle
How can I not like anything Jedi and Star Wars. I thought this was an amazing read and it just deepens my love of the Jedi order and the Star Wars universe.
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Reviewed in the United States on March 30, 2023
★★★★★ 3
Another "fine" videogame tie-in.
Format: Paperback
“Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order - Dark Temple” (wow, that’s a mouthful of a title) is the requisite comic book tie-in to the “Star Wars: Jedi: Fallen Order” videogame that was released last month, to which this serves as a prequel. And, like most of Marvel’s “Star Wars” output, it falls squarely into the category of being“perfectly adequate” – the story is diverting enough, without ever being truly gripping, and the characters have just enough personality and quirk to disguise the fact that they’re basically just engines to keep the story moving. Really, the only thing about “Dark Temple” that rises above the level of 'competent' is the art by Paolo Villanelli, which mixes dichotomous colors with sharp line work to meld into something that’s genuinely striking and distinct. Fans of “Fallen Order” might be apt to see what some of their favorite characters were up in the years preceding the game’s story, but rest assured: story-wise, there’s not much to glean here, outside of one or two teasing allusions. Die-hard fans of “Star Wars” will probably enjoy this well enough; anyone else probably need not read.
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Reviewed in the United States on September 16, 2020