Wartime Nurse - Hardcover

Taylor, Eric

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0753156237 ISBN 13: 9780753156230

Publisher: Isis Large Print, 2002

Synopsis

From the Crimean war to the Korean war, wartime nurses have been facing their own battles. In the Crimea, Florence Nightingale defied male prejudice and the conventions of the time, caring for soldiers in hospitals seething with cholera and "awash with sewage". Reports from the South African wars of 1899-1902 told of nurses calmly dressing wounds in shell-bombed streets. Over 10,000 nurses and 23,000 women of Voluntary Aid Detachments served worldwide in the First World War. From the icy conditions of Archangel to the heat of Mesopotamia, nurses battled away in tented hospitals. By the time of the Second World War, the Forces finally conceded that there was a place for military nurses close to the battlefield itself. Exactly one hundred years after proving themselves in Crimea, the wartime nurse was officially in action in Korea - ready and willing to meet all demands, as had the generations before them.

About this title

About the Author

Born in Morecambe, Lancashire, Eric Taylor served as a wartime infantry officer in North Africa and Italy. He was for many years an RAF Squadron Leader in Germany. A graduate of Manchester University, he has written several books on the Second World War including Operation Millennium, 'Bomber' Harris's Raid on Cologne, Women Who Went to War, 1938-46, Forces Sweethearts, Heroines of World War II, Showbiz Goes to War, Front-line Nurse and Combat Nurse, all published by Hale. Eric Taylor lives in York.

Edition details

• Publisher: Isis Large Print
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0753156237
• ISBN 13: 9780753156230
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 264