A Surgeon with Stilwell

Dr. John H. Grindlay and Combat Medicine in the China-Burma-India Theater of World War II

Alan K. Lathrop (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

259 Seiten

2018
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-7350-9 (ISBN)

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Tells the story of a US Army surgeon who served in India and Burma from 1941 to 1944. The book draws heavily on Grindlay's unpublished diary which he kept during his entire time in the CBI. It sheds a great deal of new light on the conduct of tropical and combat medicine in World War II plus providing new perspectives on such personalities as General Joseph W. Stilwell.

United States Army surgeon John H. Grindlay served in the China-Burma-India Theater of World War II in 1941-1944. Drawing on his unpublished war diary and letters, this book sheds new light on the conduct of battlefield medicine in the tropics and provides a new perspective on such personalities as General Joseph W. Stilwell, the famed "Burma Surgeon" Dr. Gordon S. Seagrave, and Chiang Kai-shek. Stilwell's famous 1942 "walkout" retreat from Burma to India is covered, along with the 1943 Allied return to Burma to push the Japanese from the Ledo Road connecting northeast India to southwestern China.

Alan K. Lathrop is a retired professor from the University of Minnesota Libraries—Twin Cities, where he was curator of the manuscripts division for more than 30 years. He lives in Minneapolis.

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Aid for China

2. AMMISCA Goes to China

3. Grindlay Goes to China

4. AMMISCA Settles In

5. War Begins for AMMISCA

6. Enter Stilwell and Goodbye to China

7. Joining Seagrave in Burma

8. Stilwell’s Escape from Burma: Preparing for the Walkout

9. The Walkout

10. Hambleton’s Story (Continued)

11. The British, Chinese and Civilian Exodus

12. Ramgarh: The Beginnings

13. Days and Nights at Ramgarh, 1942–1943

14. Winding Down at Ramgarh

15. Back to Burma and Home

Epilogue

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	09.08.2018
Zusatzinfo	28 photos, notes, bibliography, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	322 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Briefe / Tagebücher
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
ISBN-10	1-4766-7350-0 / 1476673500
ISBN-13	978-1-4766-7350-9 / 9781476673509
Zustand	Neuware