Allenby's Military Medicine Life and Death World War I Palestine

by Dolev, Eran; Lillywhite, Louis

• ISBN13: 9781845112905
• ISBN10: 1845112903
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-09-15
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris

Summary

This book analyzes the medical services of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force under the command of General Allenby during the Palestine Campaigns of 1917-18. It describes the fight against epidemic disease inspired by General Allenby's unique attitude towards the health of the troops and to military medicine and the developments in military-medical organization and surgery on the battlefield during these campaigns.

Author Biography

Eran Dolev is Associate Professor of Medicine at Tel Aviv University and former Surgeon-General of the Israeli Defence Forces.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. vii
Preface	p. xi
Acknowledgements	p. xiii
Prologue	p. 1
Military Medicine during the Great War	p. 5
The Desert Campaigns: From the Suez Canal to the Gates of Gaza, 1915-1917	p. 17
General Allenby: The Man and his Attitude towards Military Medicine	p. 41
The Third Battle of Gaza: Victory at Last	p. 56
The Long Way to Jerusalem	p. 80
Raids across the Jordan	p. 106
A Different Battle: The Anti-Malaria Campaign, Summer 1918	p. 129
The Battle of Megiddo: The Last Offensive	p. 140
The Last Phase: The Riders and the Apocalypse	p. 161
Epilogue	p. 177
Notes	p. 181
Index	p. 199
Appendix	p. 204
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