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White Ship, Red Crosses
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With 'White Ship - Red Crosses', author Nicci Pugh has created an interesting, comprehensive and historically useful account of the efforts of the medical team and crew aboard the British hospital ship SS Uganda, during the Falklands war in 1982. In addition to the conflict, the book details in some depth the many transformations of the ship before it was ready to accommodate hospital space, as well as the trials of the Royal Navy Medical staff as they fought against time to convert it to the floating hospital Uganda. As a veteran who served on the Uganda, the events are told first-hand. As a result, against the backdrop of the conflict we have a story that is infused with empathy, nostalgia and camaraderie. Combined, they lend Pugh's tale a level of compassion usually absent in factual accounts of war, where single characters are lost in the masses. Complete with photos and a flair for both technical and narrative-style writing, Pugh encompasses you with an atmosphere of the events and the generation.


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ISBN-13: 9781907040498
Publisher: Melrose Books
Publication date: March, 2010
Pages: 209
Weight: 418g
Availability: Not available (reason unspecified)
Subcategories: General Issues

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