Backwash Of War: The Human Wreckage Of The Battlefield As Witnessed By An American Hospital Nurse

Backwash Of War: The Human Wreckage Of The Battlefield As Witnessed By An American Hospital Nurse

by Ellen Newbold La Motte

A gripping and unflinching account of the horrors of war as witnessed by an American nurse on the front lines of World War I. Ellen Newbold La Motte's 'Backwash of War' is a powerful indictment of the human cost of conflict, exposing the physical and psychological wounds inflicted upon soldiers and the challenges they faced in the aftermath.

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