Description |
xxx, 505 pages : illustrations, diagrams, graphs ; 25 cm |
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regular print |
Series |
Official history of Australia's involvement in Southeast Asian conflicts, 1948-1975 |
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Official history of Australia's involvement in Southeast Asian conflicts, 1948-1975.
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Summary |
"Medicine at War is the third volume of the Official History of Australia's involvement in Southeast Asian conflicts from 1948-1975. It deals with medical aspects of Australia's military involvement in the Malayan Emergency, the Indonesian-Malaysian Confrontation and the Vietnam War. Spanning the period from the initial despatch of Australian service personnel to Malaya in 1950 to the aftermath of Vietnam, the book details the medical experiences of the Australian Army in all three conflicts, as well as those of the Royal Australian Air Force in Malaya and Vietnam, and the Royal Australian Navy in its operations in Vietnamese waters. The volume presents for the first time a comprehensive account of the range of injuries and diseases to which Australian servicemen and servicewomen were exposed in Southeast Asia, and documents the measures that were taken to provide them with medical services. A special section of the book, written by F. B. Smith, a distinguished historian of medical issues, analyses the Agent Orange controversy that followed the Vietnam War." "Medicine at War draws upon an immense range of published and unpublished material, including archival sources and specialist medical literature, much of it hitherto unknown and inaccessible to the general public. Eschewing technical language wherever possible, the book transforms this highly complex material into a clear and readable narrative. Sensitive and controversial medical issues, such as the control of sexually transmitted diseases, the prevention and treatment of multi-drug-resistant malaria and the effects of exposure to chemical agents in Vietnam, are explained with clarity and precision."--BOOK JACKET |
Analysis |
Agent Orange |
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Australian Army |
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Health care |
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History |
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Medical procedures |
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Statistics |
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Tropical diseases |
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Vietnam War |
Notes |
Includes index |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 478-491) and index |
Notes |
The official history of Australia's involvement in Southeast Asian conflicts 1948-1975 no:3 |
Subject |
Agent Orange -- Toxicology.
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Agent Orange.
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Medicine, Military -- Australia -- History -- 20th century.
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Health aspects -- Australia.
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Medical care -- Australia.
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Medical care.
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Participation, Australian.
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Military Medicine -- history.
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Defoliants, Chemical.
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Epidemiology.
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SUBJECT |
Australia -- Armed Forces http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh92004658 -- Medical care http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00005607 -- Southeast Asia.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85008627
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Australia -- Armed Forces http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh92004658 -- Medical care.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00005607
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Australia -- Armed Forces http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh92004658 -- Foreign service http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00005831 -- Southeast Asia.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85008627
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Malaysia -- History -- Malayan Emergency, 1948-1960 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85080083 -- Medical care.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00005607
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Malaysia -- History -- Malayan Emergency, 1948-1960 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85080083 -- Participation, Australian.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002005439
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Malaysia -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008115795 -- Malayan Emergency, 1948-1960 -- Medical care
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Malaysia -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008115795 -- Malayan Emergency, 1948-1960 -- Participation, Australian
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Australia. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001315 |
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Asia, Southeastern. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001210 |
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Asia, Southeastern. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001210 |
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Australia. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001315 |
Author |
Smith, F. B. (Francis Barrymore), 1932-
Agent orange : the Australian afternath
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Australian War Memorial.
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LC no. |
94239250 |
ISBN |
1863733019 |
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