Shooting up : a short history of drugs and war / Łukasz Kamienski.
Shooting up : a short history of drugs and war / Łukasz Kamienski.
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New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2016]
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G 2016/1896
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English
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Physical content
xxix, 381 pages ; 25 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Pharmacologically enhanced militaries -- Alcohol -- From pre-modern times to the end of the Second World War -- Pre-modern times: opium, hashish, mushrooms and coca -- Napoleon in Egypt and the adventures of Europeans with hashish -- The Opium Wars -- The American Civil War, opium, morphine and the...
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Publisher
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2016]
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2016]
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Summary
"Shooting Up: A Short History of Drugs and War examines how intoxicants have been put to the service of states, empires and their armies throughout history. Since the beginning of organized combat, armed forces have prescribed drugs to their members for two general purposes: to enhance performance during combat and to counter the trauma of killing...
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Shooting up : a short history of drugs and war / Łukasz Kamienski.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2016/1896
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74VKVpQBZrwd
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVpQBZrwd
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ISBN
0190263474
9780190263478
DDC
616.98023
MMS ID
991023988309502626
