Description
Book SynopsisExplores the long-neglected history of those who have sustained lasting injuries or chronic illnesses while serving in uniform. The contributors to this volume cover an impressive range of countries in Europe and North America as well as a wide sweep of chronology from the Ancient World to the present.
Trade Review...more than introducing readers to a little-explored corner of the past, Disabled Veterans in History forces readers to think differently about war itself."
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American Historical Review"By identifying and exploring what makes the disabled veteran 'different', the volume accomplishes historiographically what many twentieth-century policy-makers sought: to bring the war-disabled back into the mainstream of social and economic life." —
Social History of Medicine"The wide thematic and chronological range of this collection, and the thorough introductory essay, make it invaluable to anyone with an interest in the history of war and medicine, the history of social policy, or of disability in general." —
Medical History"
Disabled Veterans in History nicely demonstrates the possibilities for studying how societies treat men wounded in the service of the state. . . . This anthology marks an excellent beginning and the questions raised here and the sources uncovered point to the exciting possibilities for further scholarship." —
H-Disability"The quality of the scholarship ranges from good to magnificent, and the material is sufficiently engaging to keep the average student reading." —
Journal of World History
