Military Medicine and the Hidden Costs of War

Learn how medicine in the Civil War and other conflicts added to the cost of war

Professor Fazal traces the history of medical treatment and casualty rates from the Civil War to the more recent counterinsurgency wars. As the wars became increasingly survivable, it becomes clear that there are human and financial implications that need to be explored to understand the true cost of war.

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Tanisha R. Fazal is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Minnesota. Her scholarship focuses on sovereignty, international law, and armed conflict. She is the author of two award-winning books: State Death: The Politics and Geography of Conquest, Occupation, and Annexation, and Wars of Law: Unintended Consequences in the Regulation of Armed Conflict. Her most recent book is Military Medicine and the Hidden Costs of War. Her work has also appeared in numerous scholarly journals, and she is a frequent commentator on international security issues in the media. Fazal has held fellowships at Harvard, Stanford, and the Carnegie Council on International Ethics. From 2021-2023, she was an Andrew Carnegie Fellow.