Healing the Nation: Soldiers and the Culture of Caregiving in Britain during the Great War... by Jeffrey S. Reznick Sales Rank: 2805858 List Price: $75.00 $75.00 At Amazon on 11-26-2008.

Hardcover: 192 pages Publisher: Manchester University Press April 14, 2005 Language: English ISBN-10: 0719069742 ISBN-13: 978-0719069741 Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.4 x 0.9 inches Shipping Weight: 13.4 ounces Judy Giles, Saint John's University, Journal of British Studies, January 2007 "Jeffrey Reznick's Healing the Nationprovides a mass of fascinating detail about the interactions of medical knowledge, social relations, official concerns, and physical environments that produced the culture he identifies. This study is timely: while there has been a considerable amount of research on its events, its legacies, and its memorialization, far less attention has been given to the organization and culture of caregiving in the First World WarThis study is based on a wide range of primary sources that are read through the lens of contemporary cultural theory to produce a sophisticated analysis of the ways in which a culture of caregiving was produced during the First World War. Reznick draws on insights from historical and cultural geography to discuss the design and architecture of hospitals, on gender theory to think about the gender politics of wartime caregiving, and on the work of Michel Foucault to consider how discourses of the wounded were constructed and informed the care they received. Healing the Nation will be of interest to all those interested not only in the events and social relations of the war but also in its legacies. The conclusion postulates a number of questions that the study has been unable to answer and calls for more research into "the work of healing the nation both during and after the war." It is hoped that Reznick's call is answered." Product Review "Reznick tells a fascinating story with verve and an eye for the big picture. This book makes a substantial contribution to war medicine and the cultural history of war."-- Joanna Bourke, Birkbeck College "A compelling inquiry into the care of wounded soldiers during the First World War.  This deeply-researched book provides a new portrait of the 'men in blue'" -- Deborah Cohen, Brown University   "Healing the Nation is an extraordinary exploration of how, following the devastation of World War One, Britain came to terms with the war wounded and how they came to understand themselves.  Rarely has a study plumbed the subtleties of the self-image of the wounded victors.  Any reader interested in the culture of victory as seen in the medical and cultural experiences of those damaged in war will learn much from Jeffrey Reznick's admirable book" -- Sander Gilman, St. Anne's College, Oxford   "This book is a path-breaking account of sites of healing in Britain during the Great War. It describes a trajectory followed by millions of soldiers from front line to recovery, and shows how medical care and comfort bound together soldiers and civilians through what Reznick terms a culture of care-giving. Rooted firmly in the pre-war Protestant voluntary tradition, this complex effort of restoration bore the imprint of the war machine and to a degree made it tolerable to those disabled on active service. Anyone interested in the Great War, and why it went on for so long, will find answers in this powerful and sensitive study." -- Jay Winter, Yale University   "As sensitive as it is scholarly, Reznick's account of the British culture of care-giving during and after the Great War meets a long overdue need. We know much about the physical and mental suffering inflicted by the war - about the effects of its 'technologies of killing' and its 'rationalizations of slaughter'. But when it comes to the pervasive humanitarianism that the war also inspired we have remained almost in denial. Healing the Nation is a dedicated exercise in the delicate removal of historical bandages and historiographical blinkers. Poignant personal recollections of care, compassion and camaraderie are but the half of it; exposed, as well, are the festering rivalries and frustrations among and between the secular and religious agencies involved. Around the provision of tent-huts, hospitals, and homes of recovery, Reznick lays bare the bountiful differences between the self-constructed images of the care-givers and the realities of their charity. Given the current 'crisis' in the practice and public representation of humanitarian aid, this is a not untimely intervention by a deeply committed historian-practitioner." -- Roger Cooter, University College London     Healing the Nation: Soldiers and the Culture of Caregiving in Britain during the Great War... Available from Amazon Price: $75.00 Updated on 11-26-2008.

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