An Introduction to War, Medicine and Modernity in East Asian Conflicts.

The article focuses on the relationship between war and medicine, highlighting the historical and contemporary connections between them. Topics include how war has shaped medical discourse and practice, drawing on examples such as the use of military metaphors to conceptualize disease and the redefinition of national security as a medical problem; and changing historiography of the military history of medicine with research on the impact of war on medical progress and healthcare.