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100	1		_aHallett, Christine E. _99079 _4aut _eauthor
245	1	0	_aVeiled warriors : _ballied nurses of the first world war. _cChristine E. Hallett
264		1	_aOxford : _bOxford University Press USA - OSO, _c2014.
264		4	_c©2014.
300			_a1 online resource (384 pages)
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505	0		_aCover -- VEILED WARRIORS: ALLIED NURSES OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Glossary -- Introduction -- War nurse: myths and realities -- The courageous VAD -- The romantic nurse -- The nurse as heroine -- Nurses and volunteers of the First World War: the reality behind the myth -- Conclusion -- 1: A Call to Action: August-December 1914 -- Introduction: an army of nurses -- An excess of volunteers -- Getting to 'the front' -- The 'little corner never conquered' -- Mobilization -- On the front lines -- Hospital trains -- The British 'home front' -- Nurses from 'new worlds' -- Mission of mercy: American Red Cross nurses in Germany and Austria -- Conclusion -- 2: A Nursing Service on the Western Front: 1915 -- Introduction: trench warfare and its consequences -- Crisis-management on the Western Front -- Nursing 'at the base' -- Healing the wounds of war -- The hardships of trench warfare: caring for sick soldiers -- Emotional wounds: 'shell shock' and its treatment -- Wounded nurses -- Conclusion -- 3: Nursing on the Russian and Serbian Fronts: 1914-1916 -- Introduction: mobile warfare on the Eastern Front -- Russia's 'Sisters of Mercy' -- Mobilizing a wartime nursing service -- Nursing Russia's wounded -- Work in flying columns -- Volunteer units in the Serbian campaign -- Flight from Serbia -- Conclusion -- 4: The Eastern Mediterranean and Beyond: April 1915-December 1917 -- Introduction: the wounded of Gallipoli -- ANZAC nurses in Egypt -- Nursing on Lemnos -- Hospital ships in the Eastern Mediterranean -- Tragedy at sea: the sinking of the -- Challenging scenarios: Palestine, East Africa, and Mesopotamia -- Nursing at Salonika -- Conclusion -- 5: New Challenges on the Western Front: 1916 -- Forces of destruction: Verdun and the Somme.
505	8		_aNursing the poilus of Verdun -- British nursing services on the Somme Front -- Coping with crisis: July-November 1916 -- At the front -- The development and extension of nursing work -- In 'Blighty' -- Conclusion -- 6: War of Attrition on All Fronts: August 1916-March 1918 -- Transformation on Western and Eastern Fronts -- Lines of evacuation on the Western Front -- Base hospitals -- Romania's ordeal -- Nursing on the Eastern Front -- History in the making: witnessing the Russian Revolution -- With the doughboys in France: American base hospitals on the Western Front -- In Italy -- Disaster at sea: the sinking of the -- Conclusion -- 7: Final Push: March-November 1918 -- Introduction: reversals of fortune -- Flight: March-July 1918 -- Under bombardment -- Advance: August-November 1918 -- Nurse-anaesthetists -- Influenza -- Armistice -- Conclusion: 1918, year of endurance and victory -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Conclusion Notes -- Bibliography -- Manuscript Sources -- Primary Published Sources -- Secondary Sources -- Index.
520			_aThe true story of Allied nursing in the First World War, offering a compelling account of nurses' wartime experiences and a clear appraisal of their work and its contribution to the Allied cause.
650		4	_aKrankenschwester _99172
650		4	_aSanitätstruppe _99173
650		4	_aWeltkrieg <1914-1918> _9130
653			_aWorld War, 1914-1918-Medical care.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
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776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aHallett, Christine E. _tVeiled Warriors _dOxford : Oxford University Press USA - OSO,c2014 _z9780198703693
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