Veiled Warriors

because Hallett is able to draw upon extensive clinical and professional knowledge to support her literary and historical research, she is able to bring a further dimension to her interpretation and analysis of these sources, adding a much greater depth to her study. It is this combination of historian and medical practitioner underlying the narrative that gives it the depth to tread new ground so convincingly ... The result is highly readable and will appeal to a range of audiences, general as well as academic readers. Overall, Hallett orchestrates this chorus with great proficiency, making a very significant contribution to our understanding of women's history of the First World War. * Angela K. Smith, American Historical Review * Christine Hallett's book is a powerful and compelling account of professional nursing during the First World War. Immensely readable, Veiled Warriors presents an eloquent appraisal of nursing's vital contribution to the care of wounded service personnel and its role in wider medical efforts. Christine Hallett has used some incredibly strong individual stories to illustrate her case and poses a masterful challenge to many of the myths that exist about nursing during the conflict. This was a truly significant period in the development of nursing and Veiled Warriors is set to be essential reading for those of us interested in this fascinating time for the profession. * Dr Peter Carter OBE, Chief Executive & General Secretary of the Royal College of Nursing * Immaculately researched, this is an authoritative and objective history of nurses both professional and voluntary in the First World War. * Baroness Shirley Williams * The book is a resplendent testimony to the nurses of the First World War. * Jim Young, Glycosmedia * This book serves as a useful and interesting guide to this neglected part of World War One. * Peter Howson, Methodist Recorder * Military nursing was not only about winning the war, it was also about women gaining recognition for their profession and political rights for their sex ... as this excellent book so amply demonstrates. * Good Book Guide * [A] highly informative, thoroughly researched, and admirably organized book We can be grateful that Christine Hallett's Veiled Warriors now exists to so effectively set the record straight. * Roads to the Great War, David F. Beer * This brilliant and highly informative book describes the conditions of Allied nurses during the First World War... This is altogether a masterly account of a fascinating if horrific historical period. * Network Review * This book adds vastly to our body of knowledge, research and understanding of historical nursing, First World War nursing either from nurses within the UK or abroad. It would make a wonderful addition to all nurses' bookcase. * Nursing Times, Jane Brocksom *