Nurses at the front : writing the wounds of the Great War

Higonnet, Margaret R. (Editor). La Motte, Ellen Newbold, 1873-1961 Backwash of war. (Added Author). Borden, Mary Forbidden zone. (Added Author).

Summary: Linked by parallel themes and narrative approaches, the episodes recounted by La Motte and Borden expose the intense, horrific world of the surgical wards and operating rooms. Revealing the moral dilemmas faced by those who make decisions about the lives and deaths of soldiers, they describe the ethical contradictions of saving men who will return to the trenches to kill or be killed. --from publisher description

Item details

ISBN: 1555534856 (alk. paper)
ISBN: 9781555534851 (alk. paper)
ISBN: 1555534848 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9781555534844 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Physical Description: print
xli, 161 p. ; 22 cm.
Publisher: Boston, Mass. : Northeastern University Press, c2001.

Contents / Notes

General Note:	An anthology of reprinted war sketches from E.N. La Motte's "The backwash of war" and M. Borden's The forbidden zone."
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:	From The Backwash of War / Ellen N. La Motte -- Heroes -- Alone -- A Belgian Civilian -- The Interval -- Women and Wives -- Pour la Patrie -- A Surgical Triumph -- At the Telephone -- A Citation -- From The Forbidden Zone / Mary Borden -- Belgium -- The Square -- Moonlight -- Enfant de Malheur -- Rosa -- Conspiracy -- Paraphernalia -- In the Operating Room -- Blind.