"The 'Textbooks of Military Medicine' series constitutes a comprehensive, multivolume treatise on the art and science of military medicine, extensively illustrated, and written in an easy-to-follow narrative. The books integrate lessons learned in past wars with current principles and practices of military medicine. The spectrum of topics is broad, ranging from wound ballistics to medical ethics, and from considerations of harsh environments to applied biomedicine. The TMM series is triservice in scope; Borden welcomes input from the Navy and Air Force. The 'Textbooks of Military Medicine' series is published by the Borden Institute, Office of The Surgeon General, AMEDD Center & School, US Army. The Borden Institute was founded in 1987 by then COL Russ Zajtchuk. Volumes of the Textbooks are distributed free of charge to military medical personnel. The Borden Institute also offers user-friendly, deployable versions of the TMM series on CD-ROM."--From the publisher.