Jeffrey A. Keshen. Saints, Sinners, and Soldiers: Canada’s Second World War. Studies in Canadian Military History Series. Vancouver, Toronto: UBC Press in Association with the Canadian War Museum, 2004. Pp. 389.

World War Two Studies Association

Typhus Fever in the Second World War.

Injury patterns of soldiers in the second Lebanon war.

BACKGROUND In the second Lebanon war in 2006, the Israeli Defense Forces fought against well-prepared and well-equipped paramilitary forces. The conflict took place near the Israeli border and major Israeli medical centers. Good data records were maintained throughout the campaign, allowing accurate analysis of injury characteristics. This study is an in-depth analysis of injury mechanisms, sev...

Posttraumatic stress disorder and health-related quality of life in pension-seeking Canadian World War II and Korean War veterans.

To the Editor: Studying the relationship between posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in older veterans is important, given these individuals’ high exposure to traumatic events during combat and their increasing health care needs due to advanced age, which may compound the already greater health care utilization and increased health costs associated wi...

Problems of Social Policy—History of the Second World War Series