Wartime Nurse recounts the amazing exploits of nurses working in battle zones spanning wars from the Crimea to Korea—years when such nurses struggled for official recognition. Florence Nightingale's nurses defied male prejudice and the conventions of the age by caring for soldiers in hospitals seething with cholera. Reports from the South African wars of 1899-1902 told of nurses calmly dressing wounds in a street while shells exploded around them. In the First World War; over 10;000 nurses and 23;000 women of Voluntary Aid Detachments served not only in France but world-wide; from the ice-bound port of Archangel to the oven-like heat of Mesopotamia.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. A most timely History!By JoeA great introduction to modern Chinese history and early Stalinism along with a candid analysis as to why International treaties fail to deter aggressor nations. This is a must read for those who want to understand early 20th Century Asia and the lessons we need to apply today.3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Groundbreaking History of an Overlooked WarBy Robert GioiaThis book is currently (06/2017) the one and only treatise on this subject in English; and as such is groundbreaking and important. The bibliography includes English; Russian and Chinese sources. The author has a military background and authoritatively discusses the military developments in the two countries leading up to the war as well as failures and successes of both sides. There are only a few maps which are of a general nature. Where military engagements are discussed; maps showing the dispositions of the military units on both sides would have made the text much easier to follow. There are no photographs but there is a list of internet sites for some photographs. Controversy concerning the Chinese Eastern Railway sparked the war; and there is a lengthy background of the railway and the disagreements it fostered. There is a discussion of the Chinese warlord era armies. The main failure was by the Chinese generals. The author repeatedly mentions the toughness of the Chinese soldiers; and cites the elan of the junior officers. On the other side; Soviet leader Stalin gathered some of the most successful Russian Civil War generals as well as greatly superior numbers of artillery and aircraft; and probably; based on the orders of battle in the appendix; superior overall numbers of troops (Soviet histories claim the Soviets were outnumbered). The Soviets also developed advanced military doctrine which gave them an advantage. The military disaster suffered by China in this war may help explain why the Japanese Kwantung Army was tempted to invade the Three Eastern Provinces (Manchuria); and the Chinese leader Chiang Kai-shek was unwilling to mobilize to take on another major foreign power when Japan did just that a couple years later. He did not think China was yet ready for such a task where a defeat in war may have more severe consequences. The author emphasizes that this conflict was a war; not some minor border incident like the Soviets tried to make it. The League of Nations and the signatories of the Kellogg-Briand Pact outlawing war were only too eager to listen to the Soviet denial that it was a war; so as to do nothing.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Great Read for Manchurian History Buffs.By David B. ColeExcellent coverage of a very obscure war in far-off Manchuria over a little known railway; with the globe preoccupied with the Stock Market Crash. Could use more maps and a glossary of Pinyin versions of the Wade-Giles names.At times hard to remember which "Chang" is being mentioned this time! The plethora of warlords would be confusing to a non-Chinese history specialist...and then add the Russian; Manchu; Mongol; Korean; and Japanese names. One gets the picture; eh? I have a MA in Russian and Chinese history; and I had to double check which warlord was now fighting which other warlords.Finally; author needs to learn how to spell "Starovyery" for Russia's Old Believers when dealing with their sad massacres by Stalin's GPU.Still; a very good; satisfying read.
