Lifesavers and Body Snatchers: Medical Care and the Struggle for Survival in the Great War Kitchen by Jeffrey Judge

by Jeffrey Judge

some by madness

the Allied armies found themselves on the receiving end of a shooting war to which they had no means of response

whisked across the North Sea on a fleet of fast transports

Lifesavers and Body Snatchers: Medical Care and the Struggle for Survival in the Great War Kitchen by Jeffrey JudgeDescription by Tim Cook Hardcover *WINNER OF THE 2023 OTTAWA BOOK AWARD* *SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 TEMPLER MEDAL FOR BEST BOOK* From Canadas top war historian, a definitive medical history of the Great War, illuminating how the carnage of modern battle gave birth to revolutionary life saving innovations. It brings to light shocking revelations of the ways the brutality of combat and the necessity of agonizing battlefield decisions led to unimaginable