Fighting Fit
The Wartime Battle for Britain's Health
$44.21
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
11 July 2017
Summary
At the beginning of the Second World War, medical experts predicted epidemics of physical and mental illness on the home front. Rationing would decimate the nation’s health, they warned; drugs, blood and medical resources would be in short supply; air raid shelters and evacuation would spread diseases; and the psychological effects of bombing raids would leave mental hospitals overflowing. Yet, astonishingly, Britain ended the war in better health than ever before.
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| ISBN-13: | 9781474601986 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1474601987 |
| Author: | Laura Dawes |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 11 July 2017 |
| Weight: | 286g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 134mm x 23mm |
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Thoroughly engrossing - THE BOOKSELLER
Spirited and readable - SUNDAY EXPRESSArmed conflicts may on the face of it, mean spilled guts, gore, dismemberment, pain and death. But the great paradox of World War II, as described in Laura Dawes’s well-researched book, is that the horrors, in significant measure, did the general population a lot of good. - DAILY MAIL Book of the WeekA fascinating mix of war stories and human triumph. An enjoyable overview of the pursuit of the population’s health that arguably led to the formation of the NHS and the welfare state. - WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?About The Author
Laura Dawes
Laura Dawes is a writer and historian, specialising in medical history. She runs a historical consultancy business working with organisations around the world including the Wellcome Trust in London. Dr Dawes’s first book, CHILDHOOD OBESITY IN AMERICA: BIOGRAPHY OF AN EPIDEMIC, was published to wide acclaim in 2014. Dr Dawes has received numerous academic awards, prizes and fellowships, including the Frank Knox Fellowship at Harvard, the Clarendon and Chevening Scholarships at Oxford, a Warren Center Research fellowship, Harvard Dissertation Fellowship, Vice-Chancellor’s Awards for Academic Excellence, a Bicentennial Fellowship, the Frank Gillespie Prize, the Ronald Searcy Prize, the Parnell O’Connor Prize for creative writing and a Special Award for Creative Writing.
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