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Bugs and Bullets is the memoir of Joseph Breckinridge-Bayne, a brave American doctor who spent two years combating disease and epidemics and dealing with the horrors of war from behind enemy lines on the Eastern Front. Bayne worked at a military hospital in Bucharest, then took his services to villages ravaged by disease and hunger outside the capital. After the war, he returned to Romania with the Red Cross to help to reign in the typhoid epidemic. Bayne’s memoir provides a unique account of life in Romania during the First World War. Edited and enhanced by an introduction to the author’s life and work by Ernest H. Latham, Jr., Bugs and Bullets is essential reading for anyone interested in medical conditions during World War I and life on the Eastern Front.

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Bayne provides invaluable insight into what life was like in Romania during World War I and its aftermath. The unique perspective of an American physician caught behind enemy lines during the war is great reading for anyone interested in the medical aspects of World War I, as well as the military conflict's consequences on the civilian population. The introduction by Ernest H. Latham greatly enhances the book, offering an overview of the life and work of Joseph Breckinridge Bayne. - A.K. Brackob

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Octavian Goga was born in Rasinari, near Sibiu, and attended Eötvös Loránd University. Goga was a Romanian politician, an active member in the Romanian nationalist movement in Transylvania, a poet, playwright, journalist, and translator. His most popular books include Poezii, A Prayer, Ne cheama pamântul, and Cântece fara tara. He died on May 7, 1938, in Ciucea, Romania. Ernest H. Latham, Jr. is an American historian and diplomat. He served as the American cultural attaché in Romania between 1983 and 1987. He is the author of Timeless and Transitory, and numerous articles and reviews about Romania. He edited and reintroduced Athene Palace by Countess R. Waldeck, republished in several editions and translations. He revised the entries on Romania for the Encyclopaedia Britannica, edition 2000. He was a Fulbright Professor in Romania, at the Babes-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca, and at the University of Bucharest. Kurt Hielscher (1881-1948) was one of the most famous German photographers of the interwar period. He was renowned for his books portraying various countries of Europe.

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