"MEDICAL / Public Health" . . "Germany" . . "Germany." . "Delivery of Health Care history Germany." . . "Public health / Germany / History / 20th century." . . "Public health Germany History 20th century." . "Germany / Social conditions / 1945-1955." . . "Allemagne" . . "History, 20th Century Germany." . . "Deutschland." . . "Deutschland" . . "The perils of peace : the public health crisis in occupied Germany"@en . . "The perils of peace : the public health crisis in occupied Germany" . "This is an archive-based study examining how the four Allies - Britain, France, the United States and the Soviet Union - prepared for and conducted their occupation of Germany after its defeat in 1945. It uses the case of public health to shed light on the complexities of the immediate post-war period." . . . . . . . "The perils of peace the public health crisis in occupied Germany" . . . . . . . . . . "Perils of Peace : The Public Health Crisis in Occupied Germany"@en . . "History"@en . "History" . . . . . "Electronic books" . "Electronic books"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "At the end of the war in 1945 Germany was a country with no government, little functioning infrastructure, millions of refugees and homeless people, and huge foreign armies living largely off the land. Large parts of the country were covered in rubble with no clean drinking water, electricity, or gas. Hospitals overflowed with patients but were short of beds, medicines, and medical personnel. In these conditions the potential for epidemics and public health disasters was severe. In The Perils of Peace Jessica Reinisch considers how the four occupiers--Britain, France, the Soviet Union, and the United States--attempted to keep their own troops and the ex-enemy population alive. While the war was still being fought, German public health was a secondary consideration for them: an unaffordable and undeserved luxury. But once fighting ceased and the occupation began, it rapidly turned into an urgent priority. Public health was then recognized as an indispensable component of creating order, keeping the population governable, and facilitating the reconstruction of German society. But they faced a number of problems in the process. Which Germans could be trusted to work with the occupiers and how were they to be identified? Who could be tolerated because of a lack of alternatives? How, if at all, could former Nazis be reformed and reintegrated into German society? What was the purpose of the occupation in the first place? This is the first carefully researched comparison of the four occupation zones which looks at the occupation through the prism of public health, an essential service fundamentally shaped by political and economic criteria, and which in turn was to determine the success or failure of the occupation." . . . . . . . . . . . "Perils of peace : the public health crisis in occupied Germany" . "Medizinische Versorgung" . . "HEALTH & FITNESS / Health Care Issues" . . "Geschichte 1945-1949." . . "Public health administration." . . "1900 - 1999" . . "Public health Political aspects Germany 20th century." . . "MEDICAL / Diseases" . . . . "Public Health Administration history." . . "Public Health Administration / history." . "Social conditions." . . "Social conditions" . "Germany / History / 1945-1955." . . "Santé publique Administration Allemagne 1945-1970." . . "Öffentliches Gesundheitswesen." . . "Gesundheitswesen" . . "HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases / General" . . "Public Health history Germany." . . "Public Health Administration history Germany." . . "Politique sanitaire Allemagne 1945-1970." . . "Medical care." . . "Public health administration / Germany / History / 20th century." . . "Public health administration Germany History 20th century." . "SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues" . . "Public health." . . "Public Health history." . . "Public Health / history." . "MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery" . . "Public health Political aspects." . . "MEDICAL / Health Policy" . .