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Horne John. 2010. A Companion to World War I. Chichester U.K.: Wiley-Blackwell. In his book Horne elaborates on the characteristics of war concerning how the actual fighting takes place and how it will in turn affect the society through cultural remembrance. It illustrates the medical consequences that are experienced in time of war and violence. He explains the relationship between war and medicine comes about on how the medical doctors and nurses have to act during times of war or violence the medical consequences of the weapons that are used in times of war and the effects of war on medical care. This book is effective for those people who are not able to read about the gruesomeness of the bloody battles but if they want to the pages are also available. It also elaborates on the the statistics of the casualties of the World War 1. The author notes that three quarters of the British soldiers lost their lives in the war while an additional 250 000 men from the British Empire also lost their lives. He observes that the officers were the one who suffered the most casualty rates. The junior officers also suffered heavy losses while approximately one of the four lieutenants lost their lives during the war. There were nurses who died in the war whom mostly were the women. The author goes on in providing these statistics mainly so that the readers would have an idea of why that was one of the bloodiest wars that had been experienced by then. This book will be beneficial to readers who are interested in quantifying casualties of the World War 1. [...]
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This is a term paper worth 15% of my mark. I have the topic picked out. I have books I have read. each summary must have 100-150 words on how it contributes to the paper. Needs a thesis also. I could do my own title page
Subject Area: History
Document Type: Capstone Project
