China Gadabouts

Susan Armstrong-Reid is an adjunct professor in the Department of History at the University of Guelph. She is the author of Lyle Creelman: The Frontiers of Global Nursing (2014) and coauthor, with David Murray, of Armies of Peace: Canada and the UNRRA Years (2008). In 2016, she was the recipient of the H-15 Grant from the American Association for the History of Nursing, and in 2012–13 of the Lillian Sholtis Brunner Fellowship from the Barbara Bates Centre for the History of Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania. A member of the Executive Committee of the Canadian Association for the History of Nursing, she also serves on the Leadership Advisory Board at the University of Guelph.

• IntroductionPart 1: From Regional War to Global War, 1941–45Introduction to Part 11 Trial by Fire: Early Field Operations, 1941–422 A Marriage of Convenience: Courting the Chinese Nurses, 1942–433 The Salween Campaign: Humanitarian Diplomacy, 1944–454 "China Needs Good Men, and Still Better Women," British Nurses, 1943–445 Baoshan: Professionalism, Pacifism, and Proposals, 1944–45Part 2: Navigating New Humanitarian Frontiers, 1945–51Introduction to Part 2 6 The Road to Honan: Plagues, Cholera, and Devilish Devolutions, 1944–457 Henan: Hope and Despair, 1945–478 "Early Team": Guerrilla Warfare Nursing, 1946–47Part 3: Unwelcome Visitors: Negotiating Access with The Communists, 1947–51Introduction to Part 39 Nursing beyond the Trenches, 1947–50Conclusion: Nurse Warriors without WeaponsNotes; Bibliography; Index

The book contributes in an interesting and valuable way to the history of nursing by women in faith. - Charmaine Robson, University of New South Wales (Health and History, Vol. 20, No. 2)