Merrion Press 🔖has just published a new book byPatrick J. Casey, Kevin T. Cullen, Joe P. Duignan.
OUT NOW
IRISH DOCTORS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR
Patrick J. Casey, Kevin T. Cullen, Joe P.
Duignan
This highly anticipated
sequel to Irish Doctors in the First World War charts the vital
contributions of Irish doctors in the Second World War, a conflict
that demonstrated to the world how military warfare had changed
utterly since the Great War.
While advancements in
medical care during the interwar years made field medicine almost
unrecognisable compared to 1918, this was tempered by vast
innovations in the destructive power of the machines of war.
From the Maginot Line to the Far East, Irish doctors risked their
lives in a terrifying new landscape.
This richly illustrated book tells the stories of Irish medical
personnel who served, and includes excerpts from first-hand
accounts, such as that of Aidan MacCarthy, a Japanese POW who was
present when the atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, as well as
heartrending reports from Irish doctors arriving in liberated
concentration camps.
Combined with its meticulously compiled Roll of Honour
commemorating those who served, it is a powerful tribute to their
humanity and indomitable spirit.
Hardback •
€29.99 | £26.99 • 320 pages • 245 mm x 170 mm
• 9781785375124
Merrion Press 🔖has just published a new book byPatrick J. Casey, Kevin T. Cullen, Joe P. Duignan.
OUT NOW
IRISH DOCTORS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR
Patrick J. Casey, Kevin T. Cullen, Joe P.
Duignan
This highly anticipated
sequel to Irish Doctors in the First World War charts the vital
contributions of Irish doctors in the Second World War, a conflict
that demonstrated to the world how military warfare had changed
utterly since the Great War.
While advancements in
medical care during the interwar years made field medicine almost
unrecognisable compared to 1918, this was tempered by vast
innovations in the destructive power of the machines of war.
From the Maginot Line to the Far East, Irish doctors risked their
lives in a terrifying new landscape.
This richly illustrated book tells the stories of Irish medical
personnel who served, and includes excerpts from first-hand
accounts, such as that of Aidan MacCarthy, a Japanese POW who was
present when the atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, as well as
heartrending reports from Irish doctors arriving in liberated
concentration camps.
Combined with its meticulously compiled Roll of Honour
commemorating those who served, it is a powerful tribute to their
humanity and indomitable spirit.
Hardback •
€29.99 | £26.99 • 320 pages • 245 mm x 170 mm
• 9781785375124
Former IRA volunteer and ex-prisoner, spent 18 years in Long Kesh, 4 years on the blanket and no-wash/no work protests which led to the hunger strikes of the 80s. Completed PhD at Queens upon release from prison. Left the Republican Movement at the endorsement of the Good Friday Agreement, and went on to become a journalist. Co-founder of The Blanket, an online magazine that critically analyzed the Irish peace process. Lead researcher for the Belfast Project, an oral history of the Troubles.
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