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The demands of humanity : Army medical disaster relief
- 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