Combat Medicine Operations Manual: From the Korean War to Afghanistan

Bought for my dad he love it

Volumes in medium format, richly illustrated, deal with the topic in a monothematic way. In about 200 pages they offer enthusiasts an excellent overview on the subject, even if some volumes, in relation to the subject, are more in-depth than others. Especially if you buy them on offer at less than half the cover price (about £ 20) they are a bargain

Bought this book for a survivalist mate as a birthday present and he is over the moon with it

Covers military medicine from WW1 to the modern times, very interesting for anyone interesting in emergency medicine.

Comprehensive and illuminating. The chapter on CBRN (chemical warfare etc) is written as though there have been major chemical weapons uses in very recent times. I think not - unless I have missed an awful lot of News. The chapter is also somewhat emotional being the common response to a set of weapons from which troops may protect themselves quite easily and hence are unproductive on the battlefield - though potentially devastating for civilians cf the Tokyo subway sarin attack on 20 March 1995, by the Aum Shinrikyo.

As a non-medic veteran I was interested to read this book and understand a bit more about how the medical side works. I couldn’t put it down. Packed with information and photographs this book gives a really good overview of combat medicine; it’s detailed but not too technical. I’m grateful to the author for putting this together and to the people who do this work.