Name: The Backwash of War - The Human Wreckage of the Battlefield as Witnessed by an American Hospital Nurse (en Inglés)
SKU: 66281064
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Author: La Motte, Ellen N.
ISBN: 9781918219432

portada The Backwash of War - The Human Wreckage of the Battlefield as Witnessed by an American Hospital Nurse (en Inglés)

The Backwash of War - The Human Wreckage of the Battlefield as Witnessed by an American Hospital Nurse (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Editorial

Cosmic Jive Publishing

Autor

La Motte, Ellen N.

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

120

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

Dimensiones

22.9x15.2x0.7 cm

ISBN13

9781918219432

The Backwash of War - The Human Wreckage of the Battlefield as Witnessed by an American Hospital Nurse (en Inglés)

La Motte, Ellen N. (Autor) · Cosmic Jive Publishing · Tapa Blanda

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In The Backwash of War, Ellen N. La Motte delivers a stark, unforgettable portrait of World War I from inside the walls of a frontline military hospital. Drawing on her service as an American nurse with the French Army, La Motte captures the human cost of war with directness and precision-removing the heroic gloss and revealing the quiet tragedies that unfold long after the fighting stops.Through a series of brief, powerful narratives, she exposes the overlooked corners of wartime life: the wounded who arrive beyond hope, the exhausted staff forced to choose between compassion and survival, and the moral injuries that linger long after physical wounds close. Her writing is spare but haunting, offering an unfiltered view of war that few dared to publish at the time.Banned during the war for its candor, The Backwash of War remains essential reading for anyone seeking a true understanding of the First World War and its human fallout. Honest, unsettling, and profoundly humane, La Motte's voice still resonates more than a century later.