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 Man and Wound in the Ancient World: A History of Military Medicine from Sumer to the Fall of Constantinople (Potomac, 2011) and The Madness of Alexander the Great and the Myth of Military Genius.

“Richard Gabriel’s grasp of matters military and medical-amply illuminated by his spirited writing style-brings a novel perspective to centuries of combat. From the dawn of firearms in the fifteenth century to the war in Afghanistan in the twenty-first, this intriguing book is nothing less than a history of Western warfare told from the perspective of the casualties and medics and physicians who treated their wounds. Gabriel has once again given us an outstanding work of military history.”-Michael Robbins, editor of Military History Magazine “[Between Flesh and Steel] will introduce medical professionals, historians, and general readers to a very different perspective on war, one they need to understand if they wish to fully comprehend how human suffering has influenced the history of conflict.”-John Scott Cowan, principal emeritus, Royal Military College of Canada, and chair, Defence Science Advisory Board of Canada“With this latest addition to his already impressive list of books, Richard Gabriel, the most prolific military historian of his generation, writes with his usual insight, eloquence, and attention to detail about an oft-neglected aspect of the history of armed conflict: the development of military medicine and its contributions to the revolution in medical science. In doing so, he has produced what must be regarded as the definitive treatment of the subject, one from which historians, medical practitioners, and general readers will learn much. A very valuable book that is highly recommended.”-Steve Weingartner, coauthor of Faithful Warriors: A Combat Marine Remembers the Pacific War "Between Flesh and Steel is a worthwhile read for anyone with an interest in history."-NYMAS Review

• List of Illustrations1. The Emergence of Modern Warfare: 1453 to the Twenty-First Century2. The Renaissance and the Rebirth of the Empirical Spirit3. The Seventeenth Century: Gunpowder and Slaughter4. The Eighteenth Century: The First Effective Military Medical Systems5. The Nineteenth Century: The Age of Amputation6. The Twentieth Century: The Emergence of Modern Military Medicine7. The Twenty-First Century: Unconventional Warfare8. Some Thoughts on WarBibliographyIndex

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 Man and Wound in the Ancient World: A History of Military Medicine from Sumer to the Fall of Constantinople (Potomac, 2011) and The Madness of Alexander the Great and the Myth of Military Genius.

“Richard Gabriel’s grasp of matters military and medical-amply illuminated by his spirited writing style-brings a novel perspective to centuries of combat. From the dawn of firearms in the fifteenth century to the war in Afghanistan in the twenty-first, this intriguing book is nothing less than a history of Western warfare told from the perspective of the casualties and medics and physicians who treated their wounds. Gabriel has once again given us an outstanding work of military history.”-Michael Robbins, editor of Military History Magazine “[Between Flesh and Steel] will introduce medical professionals, historians, and general readers to a very different perspective on war, one they need to understand if they wish to fully comprehend how human suffering has influenced the history of conflict.”-John Scott Cowan, principal emeritus, Royal Military College of Canada, and chair, Defence Science Advisory Board of Canada“With this latest addition to his already impressive list of books, Richard Gabriel, the most prolific military historian of his generation, writes with his usual insight, eloquence, and attention to detail about an oft-neglected aspect of the history of armed conflict: the development of military medicine and its contributions to the revolution in medical science. In doing so, he has produced what must be regarded as the definitive treatment of the subject, one from which historians, medical practitioners, and general readers will learn much. A very valuable book that is highly recommended.”-Steve Weingartner, coauthor of Faithful Warriors: A Combat Marine Remembers the Pacific War "Between Flesh and Steel is a worthwhile read for anyone with an interest in history."-NYMAS Review

• List of Illustrations1. The Emergence of Modern Warfare: 1453 to the Twenty-First Century2. The Renaissance and the Rebirth of the Empirical Spirit3. The Seventeenth Century: Gunpowder and Slaughter4. The Eighteenth Century: The First Effective Military Medical Systems5. The Nineteenth Century: The Age of Amputation6. The Twentieth Century: The Emergence of Modern Military Medicine7. The Twenty-First Century: Unconventional Warfare8. Some Thoughts on WarBibliographyIndex

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 Man and Wound in the Ancient World: A History of Military Medicine from Sumer to the Fall of Constantinople (Potomac, 2011) and The Madness of Alexander the Great and the Myth of Military Genius.

“Richard Gabriel’s grasp of matters military and medical-amply illuminated by his spirited writing style-brings a novel perspective to centuries of combat. From the dawn of firearms in the fifteenth century to the war in Afghanistan in the twenty-first, this intriguing book is nothing less than a history of Western warfare told from the perspective of the casualties and medics and physicians who treated their wounds. Gabriel has once again given us an outstanding work of military history.”-Michael Robbins, editor of Military History Magazine “[Between Flesh and Steel] will introduce medical professionals, historians, and general readers to a very different perspective on war, one they need to understand if they wish to fully comprehend how human suffering has influenced the history of conflict.”-John Scott Cowan, principal emeritus, Royal Military College of Canada, and chair, Defence Science Advisory Board of Canada“With this latest addition to his already impressive list of books, Richard Gabriel, the most prolific military historian of his generation, writes with his usual insight, eloquence, and attention to detail about an oft-neglected aspect of the history of armed conflict: the development of military medicine and its contributions to the revolution in medical science. In doing so, he has produced what must be regarded as the definitive treatment of the subject, one from which historians, medical practitioners, and general readers will learn much. A very valuable book that is highly recommended.”-Steve Weingartner, coauthor of Faithful Warriors: A Combat Marine Remembers the Pacific War "Between Flesh and Steel is a worthwhile read for anyone with an interest in history."-NYMAS Review

• List of Illustrations1. The Emergence of Modern Warfare: 1453 to the Twenty-First Century2. The Renaissance and the Rebirth of the Empirical Spirit3. The Seventeenth Century: Gunpowder and Slaughter4. The Eighteenth Century: The First Effective Military Medical Systems5. The Nineteenth Century: The Age of Amputation6. The Twentieth Century: The Emergence of Modern Military Medicine7. The Twenty-First Century: Unconventional Warfare8. Some Thoughts on WarBibliographyIndex