RICHARD A. GABRIEL is a distinguished professor in the Department of History and War Studies at the Royal Military College of Canada and in the Department of Defence Studies at the Canadian Forces College in Toronto. He is a former U.S. Army officer and the author of more than forty books, including Scipio Africanus, Thutmose III, Philip II of Macedonia, Hannibal, and Man and Wound in the Ancient World. He lives in Manchester, New Hampshire.
"Man and Wound in the Ancient World is a remarkably fresh look at
five-and-a-half millennia of human history from the unique
perspective of military medicine. No contemporary work so
convincingly pulls all the different lines of evidence together as
does Gabriel’s latest contribution to our knowledge of warfare in
antiquity. Unmatched in the grand sweep of its treatment, this
volume fills a great gap in military history and is a unique
contribution to the history of medicine as well. Gabriel has once
again focused our attention upon an important, but largely
overlooked, aspect of war in the ancient world."—John Scott Cowan,
principal emeritus, The Royal Military College of Canada; former
department head, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa; chair,
Defence Science Advisory Board of Canada
"'It is interesting, if frightening, to contemplate in what state
medical knowledge might have remained had it not been for the
stimulus of war,' author/historian Richard Gabriel writes in Man
and Wound in the Ancient World. In this, his latest of more than a
dozen histories of ancient warfare, Gabriel makes the case that the
crucible of ancient warfare—the spilling of blood and shattering of
bones—prompted the surgical techniques, triage, and treatment at
the core of modern medical care. This deftly researched book takes
readers on a six-millennia 'staff ride' through ancient warfare,
from Sumer through the Middle Ages, tracing the changing nature of
combat, the wax and wane of medical knowledge, and the military
framework upon which civilian medicine was formed."—David
Lauterborn, managing editor, Military History Magazine
"The study of ancient military medicine is vital to an
understanding of the broader aspects and development of warfare in
antiquity. Yet it is an area that has often been neglected by
scholars. Man and Wound in the Ancient World addresses this deficit
in a truly comprehensive and interesting manner. Richard Gabriel’s
latest book is destined to be the defining work in an area of great
importance for the study of ancient military history and will
fascinate historians and general readers alike."—C. A. Matthew,
Macquarie University, Australia
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