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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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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