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The Psychology and Physiology of Stress
Elsevier Science 1969; US$ 69.50The Psychology and Physiology of Stress more...
Impact of a Uniform Formulary on Military Health System Prescribers
RAND Corporation 2003; US$ 9.95The US Department of Defense is required to establish a single uniform formulary of covered drugs. This baseline survey assesses Military Health System prescriber's experiences with, and opinions of, drug formularies. more...
Russian/Soviet Military Psychiatry 1904-1945
Taylor and Francis 2004; US$ 44.95Psychiatry, like most professional fields in Russia, gained its legitimacy from its ability to serve the Tsar and later the Bolshevik party. The militarised nature of these governments meant that psychiatry would have to prove its worth to the military. This study will cover Russian/Soviet military psychiatry from its first practical experience during... more...
Defining Needs and Managing Performance of Installation Support Contracts
RAND Corporation 2004; US$ 9.95The authors examine whether and how well-respected commercial firms apply performance-based practices within their facilities and food services contracts. Communication between buyers and providers is critical; a small set of metrics is helpful for performance management; and incentives and a flexible contract can be of value. more...
Triage for Civil Support
RAND Corporation 2004; US$ 9.95Even before September 11, 2001, threat assessments suggested that the United States should prepare to respond to terrorist attacks inside its borders. This monograph examines the use of military medical assets to support civil authorities in the aftermath of a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, or conventional high explosives attack inside... more...
Shell Shock to PTSD
Taylor and Francis 2005; US$ 49.95The application of psychiatry to war and terrorism is highly topical and a source of intense media interest. Shell Shock to PTSD explores the central issues involved in maintaining the mental health of the armed forces and treating those who succumb to the intense stress of combat. Drawing on historical records, recent findings and interviews... more...
Military Medicine: From Ancient Times to the 21st Century
ABC-CLIO 2008; US$ 95.00This volume highlights the people and scientific developments in military medicine through the ages, concentrating on medical advances that changed both warfare and societies at home. more...
What Every Person Should Know About War
Free Press 2007; US$ 13.99Acclaimed New York Times journalist and author Chris Hedges offers a critical -- and fascinating -- lesson in the dangerous realities of our age: a stark look at the effects of war on combatants. Utterly lacking in rhetoric or dogma, this manual relies instead on bare fact, frank description, and a spare question-and-answer format. Hedges allows... more...
The Politics and Strategy of Clandestine War
Taylor and Francis 2006; US$ 44.95This fascinating new collection of essays on Britain?s Special Operations Executive (SOE) explores the ?non-military? aspects of British special operations in the Second World War. It details how SOE was established in the summer of 1940 to ?set Europe ablaze?, as Churchill memorably put it. This was a task it was meant to achieve by detonating... more...
Advancing with the Army
Oxford University Press, UK 2007; US$ 149.99A detailed biographical study of the members of the army medical service during the Revolution and Napoleonic wars that charts their background and life both in and outside the army. It demonstrates how a group of medical practitioners from relatively humble backgrounds could use social contacts and experience forged in the army to become an established... more...









