Decisive Encounters : The Chinese Civil War, 1946-1950 by Odd Arne Westad read ebook EPUB, FB2
9780804744782 English 0804744785 A Guide To Practicing Medicine In Challenging Environments Wilderness And Rescue Medicine: A Practical Guide For The Basic And Advanced Practitioner Provides The Critical Insight And Tools Required To Practice Medicine In Remote Or Challenging Environments. There Is No Place In Field Medicine For Unreasonable Restrictions On The Practical Application Of Medical Judgment--That Is The Guiding Philosophy Of This User-Friendly Guide. Wilderness And Rescue Medicine: A Practical Guide For The Basic And Advanced Practitioner Teaches Readers How To Improvise, Adapt And Exercise Reasonable Judgment At Any Level Of Medical Training And In Any Difficult Environment, From The Desert To The Oceans, From The Backwoods To Cities Stricken By Disaster. Grounded In The Collective Wisdom Of Hundreds Of Instructors, Rescue Personnel And Medical Practitioners, This Text Explores Medical Problems In A Broad Wilderness Context--Including Cold Injuries, Altitude Illness, Diving And Lightening Injuries And Toxins, Among Others--And Pairs That Exploration With The Realities Of Solving Such Problems In The Field, Well Outside The Confines And Comforts Of Mainstream Medicine. Wilderness And Rescue Medicine: A Practical Guide For The Basic And Advanced Practitioner Provides: - The Most Up-To-Date Guidance On Practicing Medicine In A Wilderness Context - An Introduction To Critical Body Systems And The General Principals Of Trauma - Specific Information On Environmental And Backcountry Medicine - An Examination Of The Medical Role In Search And Rescue Missions, The Chinese Civil War was one of the key conflicts of the twentieth century. The Communist victory determined Chinese history for several generations, and defined international relations in East Asia during the Cold War and after. Despite its importance and scope - its battles were the largest military engagements since World War II - until now remarkably little has been known about the war, and even less about its effects on the societies that suffered through it. This major new history of the Chinese Civil War attempts to answer two central questions: Why was the war fought? What were the immediate and the lasting results of the Communists' victory? Though the book highlights military matters, it also shows how campaigns were mounted alongside profound changes in politics, society, and culture - changes that ultimately contributed as much to the character of today's China as did the major battles. By analyzing the war as an international conflict, the author explains why so much of the present legitimacy of the Beijing government derives from its successes during the late 1940s, and reveals how the antagonism between China and the United States was born.
9780804744782 English 0804744785 A Guide To Practicing Medicine In Challenging Environments Wilderness And Rescue Medicine: A Practical Guide For The Basic And Advanced Practitioner Provides The Critical Insight And Tools Required To Practice Medicine In Remote Or Challenging Environments. There Is No Place In Field Medicine For Unreasonable Restrictions On The Practical Application Of Medical Judgment--That Is The Guiding Philosophy Of This User-Friendly Guide. Wilderness And Rescue Medicine: A Practical Guide For The Basic And Advanced Practitioner Teaches Readers How To Improvise, Adapt And Exercise Reasonable Judgment At Any Level Of Medical Training And In Any Difficult Environment, From The Desert To The Oceans, From The Backwoods To Cities Stricken By Disaster. Grounded In The Collective Wisdom Of Hundreds Of Instructors, Rescue Personnel And Medical Practitioners, This Text Explores Medical Problems In A Broad Wilderness Context--Including Cold Injuries, Altitude Illness, Diving And Lightening Injuries And Toxins, Among Others--And Pairs That Exploration With The Realities Of Solving Such Problems In The Field, Well Outside The Confines And Comforts Of Mainstream Medicine. Wilderness And Rescue Medicine: A Practical Guide For The Basic And Advanced Practitioner Provides: - The Most Up-To-Date Guidance On Practicing Medicine In A Wilderness Context - An Introduction To Critical Body Systems And The General Principals Of Trauma - Specific Information On Environmental And Backcountry Medicine - An Examination Of The Medical Role In Search And Rescue Missions, The Chinese Civil War was one of the key conflicts of the twentieth century. The Communist victory determined Chinese history for several generations, and defined international relations in East Asia during the Cold War and after. Despite its importance and scope - its battles were the largest military engagements since World War II - until now remarkably little has been known about the war, and even less about its effects on the societies that suffered through it. This major new history of the Chinese Civil War attempts to answer two central questions: Why was the war fought? What were the immediate and the lasting results of the Communists' victory? Though the book highlights military matters, it also shows how campaigns were mounted alongside profound changes in politics, society, and culture - changes that ultimately contributed as much to the character of today's China as did the major battles. By analyzing the war as an international conflict, the author explains why so much of the present legitimacy of the Beijing government derives from its successes during the late 1940s, and reveals how the antagonism between China and the United States was born.