Research Catalog

Title

The demands of humanity : Army medical disaster relief / by Gaines M. Foster.

Author

Foster, Gaines M.

Publication

Washington, D.C. : Center of Military History, U.S. Army : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., 1983.

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Details

Additional Authors

Center of Military History.

Description

x, 188 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Summary

The contribution of Army doctors, nurses, and medical corpsmen during disaster situations, with an account of the origin and development of the Army₂s relief mission through 1976.

Series Statement

Special studies / Center of Military History, United States Army

Uniform Title

Special studies (Center of Military History)

Subject

• United States. Army Medical Department (1968- ) > History
• United States. Army. Medical Department
• United States. Army Medical Service
• United States. Army Medical Department (1968- )
• Disaster relief > United States > History
• Civil defense > United States > History
• Disasters > history
• Military Medicine > history
• Relief Work
• Civil defense
• Disaster relief
• United States

Genre/Form

• Government publications
• History.

Note

• Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. [177]-184.

Contents

Nineteenth century: precedents.-- Emerging missions: combating epidemics abroad. -- Establishing the mission: volcanoes, earthquakes, tornadoes, and floods, 1898-1917. -- Disease in the aftermath of war: disaster aid to Poland and Russia after World War I. -- Relief role in transition: assistance at home and abroad, 1918-1939. -- Domestic assistance under civilian coordination, 1945-1976. -- Activism abroad: foreign disaster relief, 1945-1976.

LCCN

83008791

OCLC

• ocm09488383
• 9488383
• SCSB-945445

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library