Disease, War, and the Imperial State
The Welfare of the British Armed Forces during the Seven Years’ War
- Contents
- Review Quotes
- Awards

List of Illustrations
List of Abbreviations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Wilderness Warfare, American Provincials, and Disease in North America
2. The Black Vomit and the Provincial Press: The Campaigns in the West Indies
3. Flux, Fever, and Politics: The European Theater of War
4. The Royal Navy’s Western Squadron: Trials, Innovation, and Medical Efficacy
5. Adaptation and Hot Climates: Fighting in India
6. Imperial War at Home: The Welfare of French Prisoners of War
Epilogue
Bibliography
Index
“Charters, a rising scholar who teaches medical history at Oxford, has provided the first book-length study to focus on the medical aspect of any of the four major wars that Britain engaged in between 1701 and 1783. . . As is characteristic of her growing body of published work, Charters exhibits fine scholarship. She synthesizes well the secondary literature that relates to her project. Nevertheless, her sources are predominantly archival, and she also makes use of the wealth of published treatises by medical officers of the period, some of whom served in the Seven Years’ War. . . . While Disease, War, and the Imperial State is a fairly brief book, it reads big, in that it covers, and covers well, so much.”
Society for Army Historical Research: Award for Best First Book
Won
American Association for the History of Medicine: George Rosen Prize
Won
History: European History | Military History
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