Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- BOOK I In the Lap of the Gods -- 1 Magic, Miracles and Myth: The Genesis of Military Nursing -- BOOK II The Wrath of the Gods -- 2 Did the Conflict Breed Conflict? The Politics of Care- giving, 1914 -- 3 Lies, 'Limelighters' and Nursing in the Land of Troy -- 4 The Scandal of Battles and a Battle with Scandals -- 5 Casualties, Consolidation and Cameos of War -- 6 Daughters of Arête -- Appendix 1 Nurses Awarded the Military Medal -- Appendix 2 Nurses' Disabilities and Pensionable Years -- Appendix 3 Nursing Deaths -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary
Constructed from unpublished official and unofficial documents, letters and diaries of the time, this important volume tells the much-neglected story of the Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service (QAIMNS) during the First World War. Addresses the professional, personal and political consequences that arose for nurses in the pivotal years from 1914 to 1918.--Provided by publisher
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-222) and index