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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Stanley Aylett's remarkable account of six years' service as a front-line surgeon with the British Army is that rare thing: a complete narrative from the first week of the Second World War until months after the final capitulation of Nazi Germany. That war was the last Western conflict in which military surgeons performed operations immediately behind the front line, often in makeshift theatres set up in tents or abandoned, battle-scarred buildings. This memoir records the resilience and resourcefulness of the medical teams, fighting to save each wounded soldier's life, and the advances in medicine such as penicillin and plastic surgery that transformed their experience. The author draws on his extensive diaries to describe the first advance into France at the start of the 'Phoney War' in 1939; the chaos of the retreat to Dunkirk and subsequent evacuation of British and French forces; the sea voyage round the Cape to join the Eighth Army in Egypt; leading a Field Service Medical Unit in the Western Desert; the Allied invasion of France following the D-Day landings; crossing the Rhine into Germany; and VE Day, which Lieutenant-Colonel Aylett spent amid the horror of the Sandbostel concentration camp in northern Germany. Alongside the challenge of serving the wounded and dying, Surgeon at War also reveals the passions of a young man - in search of lasting love, exasperated by the incompetence of his superiors, encountering different peoples and cultures, anxious that the narrow focus of battle surgery will not jeopardise his medical career when peace returns. Few war testimonies have the scope of this account. Stanley Aylett signed up in the week war was declared, and survived to tell his story, edited here by his daughter with extensive use of his own photographs and letters home. It is a narrative of courage, duty and endurance amid the fog of war, but above all a tribute to the skill and humanity of those whose daily lives revealed mankind at both its best, and its worst. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.…

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Paperback. Condition: New. Stanley Aylett's remarkable account of six years' service as a front-line surgeon with the British Army is that rare thing: a complete narrative from the first week of the Second World War until months after the final capitulation of Nazi Germany. That war was the last Western conflict in which military surgeons performed operations immediately behind the front line, often in makeshift theatres set up in tents or abandoned, battle-scarred buildings. This memoir records the resilience and resourcefulness of the medical teams, fighting to save each wounded soldier's life, and the advances in medicine such as penicillin and plastic surgery that transformed their experience. The author draws on his extensive diaries to describe the first advance into France at the start of the 'Phoney War' in 1939; the chaos of the retreat to Dunkirk and subsequent evacuation of British and French forces; the sea voyage round the Cape to join the Eighth Army in Egypt; leading a Field Service Medical Unit in the Western Desert; the Allied invasion of France following the D-Day landings; crossing the Rhine into Germany; and VE Day, which Lieutenant-Colonel Aylett spent amid the horror of the Sandbostel concentration camp in northern Germany. Alongside the challenge of serving the wounded and dying, Surgeon at War also reveals the passions of a young man - in search of lasting love, exasperated by the incompetence of his superiors, encountering different peoples and cultures, anxious that the narrow focus of battle surgery will not jeopardise his medical career when peace returns. Few war testimonies have the scope of this account. Stanley Aylett signed up in the week war was declared, and survived to tell his story, edited here by his daughter with extensive use of his own photographs and letters home. It is a narrative of courage, duty and endurance amid the fog of war, but above all a tribute to the skill and humanity of those whose daily lives revealed mankind at both its best, and its worst.…

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Stanley Aylett's remarkable account of six years' service as a front-line surgeon withthe British Army is that rare thing: a complete narrative from the first week of theSecond World War until months after the final capitulation of Nazi Germany. Thatwar was the last Western conflict in which military surgeons performed operationsimmediately behind the front line, often in makeshift theatres set up in tents orabandoned, battle-scarred buildings.Surgeon at War records the resilience and resourcefulness of the medical teams,drawing on the author's extensive diaries to describe the first advance into Franceat the start the war 1939; the chaos of the retreat to Dunkirk and subsequentevacuation of British and French forces; the sea voyage round the Cape to join theEighth Army in Egypt; leading a Field Service Medical Unit in the Western Desert;the Allied invasion of France following the D-Day landings; crossing the Rhine intoGermany; and VE Day, which Lieutenant-Colonel Aylett spent amid the horror of theSandbostel concentration camp in northern Germany.Stanley Aylett signed up in the week war was declared, and survived to tell hisstory, edited here by his daughter with extensive use of his own photographs andletters home. It is a narrative of courage, duty and endurance amid the fog of war,but above all a tribute to the skill and humanity of those whose daily lives revealedmankind at both its best, and its worst. A first-hand account of the Second World War from the operating tables behind thefrontline. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condition: New. Stanley Aylett's remarkable account of six years' service as a front-line surgeon with the British Army is that rare thing: a complete narrative from the first week of the Second World War until months after the final capitulation of Nazi Germany. That war was the last Western conflict in which military surgeons performed operations immediately behind the front line, often in makeshift theatres set up in tents or abandoned, battle-scarred buildings. This memoir records the resilience and resourcefulness of the medical teams, fighting to save each wounded soldier's life, and the advances in medicine such as penicillin and plastic surgery that transformed their experience. The author draws on his extensive diaries to describe the first advance into France at the start of the 'Phoney War' in 1939; the chaos of the retreat to Dunkirk and subsequent evacuation of British and French forces; the sea voyage round the Cape to join the Eighth Army in Egypt; leading a Field Service Medical Unit in the Western Desert; the Allied invasion of France following the D-Day landings; crossing the Rhine into Germany; and VE Day, which Lieutenant-Colonel Aylett spent amid the horror of the Sandbostel concentration camp in northern Germany. Alongside the challenge of serving the wounded and dying, Surgeon at War also reveals the passions of a young man - in search of lasting love, exasperated by the incompetence of his superiors, encountering different peoples and cultures, anxious that the narrow focus of battle surgery will not jeopardise his medical career when peace returns. Few war testimonies have the scope of this account. Stanley Aylett signed up in the week war was declared, and survived to tell his story, edited here by his daughter with extensive use of his own photographs and letters home. It is a narrative of courage, duty and endurance amid the fog of war, but above all a tribute to the skill and humanity of those whose daily lives revealed mankind at both its best, and its worst.…

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Stanley Aylett's remarkable account of six years' service as a front-line surgeon withthe British Army is that rare thing: a complete narrative from the first week of theSecond World War until months after the final capitulation of Nazi Germany. Thatwar was the last Western conflict in which military surgeons performed operationsimmediately behind the front line, often in makeshift theatres set up in tents orabandoned, battle-scarred buildings.Surgeon at War records the resilience and resourcefulness of the medical teams,drawing on the author's extensive diaries to describe the first advance into Franceat the start the war 1939; the chaos of the retreat to Dunkirk and subsequentevacuation of British and French forces; the sea voyage round the Cape to join theEighth Army in Egypt; leading a Field Service Medical Unit in the Western Desert;the Allied invasion of France following the D-Day landings; crossing the Rhine intoGermany; and VE Day, which Lieutenant-Colonel Aylett spent amid the horror of theSandbostel concentration camp in northern Germany.Stanley Aylett signed up in the week war was declared, and survived to tell hisstory, edited here by his daughter with extensive use of his own photographs andletters home. It is a narrative of courage, duty and endurance amid the fog of war,but above all a tribute to the skill and humanity of those whose daily lives revealedmankind at both its best, and its worst. A first-hand account of the Second World War from the operating tables behind thefrontline. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Stanley Aylett's remarkable account of six years' service as a front-line surgeon withthe British Army is that rare thing: a complete narrative from the first week of theSecond World War until months after the final capitulation of Nazi Germany. Thatwar was the last Western conflict in which military surgeons performed operationsimmediately behind the front line, often in makeshift theatres set up in tents orabandoned, battle-scarred buildings.Surgeon at War records the resilience and resourcefulness of the medical teams,drawing on the author's extensive diaries to describe the first advance into Franceat the start the war 1939; the chaos of the retreat to Dunkirk and subsequentevacuation of British and French forces; the sea voyage round the Cape to join theEighth Army in Egypt; leading a Field Service Medical Unit in the Western Desert;the Allied invasion of France following the D-Day landings; crossing the Rhine intoGermany; and VE Day, which Lieutenant-Colonel Aylett spent amid the horror of theSandbostel concentration camp in northern Germany.Stanley Aylett signed up in the week war was declared, and survived to tell hisstory, edited here by his daughter with extensive use of his own photographs andletters home. It is a narrative of courage, duty and endurance amid the fog of war,but above all a tribute to the skill and humanity of those whose daily lives revealedmankind at both its best, and its worst. A first-hand account of the Second World War from the operating tables behind thefrontline. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condition: New. Stanley Aylett's remarkable account of six years' service as a front-line surgeon with the British Army is that rare thing: a complete narrative from the first week of the Second World War until months after the final capitulation of Nazi Germany. That war was the last Western conflict in which military surgeons performed operations immediately behind the front line, often in makeshift theatres set up in tents or abandoned, battle-scarred buildings. This memoir records the resilience and resourcefulness of the medical teams, fighting to save each wounded soldier's life, and the advances in medicine such as penicillin and plastic surgery that transformed their experience. The author draws on his extensive diaries to describe the first advance into France at the start of the 'Phoney War' in 1939; the chaos of the retreat to Dunkirk and subsequent evacuation of British and French forces; the sea voyage round the Cape to join the Eighth Army in Egypt; leading a Field Service Medical Unit in the Western Desert; the Allied invasion of France following the D-Day landings; crossing the Rhine into Germany; and VE Day, which Lieutenant-Colonel Aylett spent amid the horror of the Sandbostel concentration camp in northern Germany. Alongside the challenge of serving the wounded and dying, Surgeon at War also reveals the passions of a young man - in search of lasting love, exasperated by the incompetence of his superiors, encountering different peoples and cultures, anxious that the narrow focus of battle surgery will not jeopardise his medical career when peace returns. Few war testimonies have the scope of this account. Stanley Aylett signed up in the week war was declared, and survived to tell his story, edited here by his daughter with extensive use of his own photographs and letters home. It is a narrative of courage, duty and endurance amid the fog of war, but above all a tribute to the skill and humanity of those whose daily lives revealed mankind at both its best, and its worst.…

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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Stanley Aylett's remarkable account of six years' service as a front-line surgeon with the British Army is that rare thing: a complete narrative from the first week of the Second World War until months after the final capitulation of Nazi Germany. That war was the last Western conflict in which military surgeons performed operations immediately behind the front line, often in makeshift theatres set up in tents or abandoned, battle-scarred buildings. This memoir records the resilience and resourcefulness of the medical teams, fighting to save each wounded soldier's life, and the advances in medicine such as penicillin and plastic surgery that transformed their experience. The author draws on his extensive diaries to describe the first advance into France at the start of the 'Phoney War' in 1939; the chaos of the retreat to Dunkirk and subsequent evacuation of British and French forces; the sea voyage round the Cape to join the Eighth Army in Egypt; leading a Field Service Medical Unit in the Western Desert; the Allied invasion of France following the D-Day landings; crossing the Rhine into Germany; and VE Day, which Lieutenant-Colonel Aylett spent amid the horror of the Sandbostel concentration camp in northern Germany. Alongside the challenge of serving the wounded and dying, Surgeon at War also reveals the passions of a young man - in search of lasting love, exasperated by the incompetence of his superiors, encountering different peoples and cultures, anxious that the narrow focus of battle surgery will not jeopardise his medical career when peace returns. Few war testimonies have the scope of this account. Stanley Aylett signed up in the week war was declared, and survived to tell his story, edited here by his daughter with extensive use of his own photographs and letters home. It is a narrative of courage, duty and endurance amid the fog of war, but above all a tribute to the skill and humanity of those whose daily lives revealed mankind at both its best, and its worst.…

hardcover. Condition: very good(-). With a handful of b/w pages. 295 pages. 8vo, green cloth. Edinburgh: E. & S. Livingstone, 1954. A very good(-) copy, minor spotting to cloth, sunned spine, previous owner gift inscription and ink stamp on front endpaper.

Paperback. Condition: New. Stanley Aylett's remarkable account of six years' service as a front-line surgeon with the British Army is that rare thing: a complete narrative from the first week of the Second World War until months after the final capitulation of Nazi Germany. That war was the last Western conflict in which military surgeons performed operations immediately behind the front line, often in makeshift theatres set up in tents or abandoned, battle-scarred buildings. This memoir records the resilience and resourcefulness of the medical teams, fighting to save each wounded soldier's life, and the advances in medicine such as penicillin and plastic surgery that transformed their experience. The author draws on his extensive diaries to describe the first advance into France at the start of the 'Phoney War' in 1939; the chaos of the retreat to Dunkirk and subsequent evacuation of British and French forces; the sea voyage round the Cape to join the Eighth Army in Egypt; leading a Field Service Medical Unit in the Western Desert; the Allied invasion of France following the D-Day landings; crossing the Rhine into Germany; and VE Day, which Lieutenant-Colonel Aylett spent amid the horror of the Sandbostel concentration camp in northern Germany. Alongside the challenge of serving the wounded and dying, Surgeon at War also reveals the passions of a young man - in search of lasting love, exasperated by the incompetence of his superiors, encountering different peoples and cultures, anxious that the narrow focus of battle surgery will not jeopardise his medical career when peace returns. Few war testimonies have the scope of this account. Stanley Aylett signed up in the week war was declared, and survived to tell his story, edited here by his daughter with extensive use of his own photographs and letters home. It is a narrative of courage, duty and endurance amid the fog of war, but above all a tribute to the skill and humanity of those whose daily lives revealed mankind at both its best, and its worst.…