“A thorough examination of the economic, military, political and legal forces behind medical complicity in colonial violence. Besides first-hand accounts, Moul points out that in recent years ‘there have been multiple reports and studies into doctors involved in torture regimes and human rights violations . . . The problem is that few of these studies, if any, have been conducted by historians . . . ’ (19). Beyond narratives and reports, Moul seeks a wider historical perspective on how this involvement could have come about”
Peter Endicott, Medicine, Conflict and Survival

Introduction
1 First blood
2 Fragile hearts and vulnerable minds
3 Behind the barbed wire
4 First, do no harm?
5 Bodies without evidence
Concluding thoughts