Trench warfare, advances in weaponry and disastrous military planning led to horrific types of injuries and an unprecedented scale of mass casualties during World War I. This is the amazing and little known story of the medical service personnel and the organized system of critical care which provided a lifeline of hope and humanity in the midst of devastation, disfigurement and death during the Great War. For the first time ever, an all-out effort was made to preserve life, starting with the heroic medical service personnel who were the battlefield first line of defense, risking life and...

Harold Wilson's promise of a New Britain and 'the ending of economic privilege, the abolition of poverty in the midst of plenty and the creation of real equality of opportunity' heralded unprecedented social and cultural changes which characterized the period. The benefits of these changes were particularly enjoyed by the new 'teenagers', for whom life was all about fun, experimentation, permissiveness and freedom, breaking the rules as they went. The impact of popular music - especially The Beatles - and fashion - Mary Quant skirts, Vidal Sassoon hair and Biba - on these 'baby boomers'...