Paradise General
Subtitle: riding the surge at a combat hospital in Iraq
By: Dave Hnida.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9781416599579
Subjects: Hnida, Dave; Iraq War, 2003- -- Hospitals; Iraq War, 2003- -- Medical care; Surgeons -- United States -- Biography; Iraq War, 2003- -- Personal narratives, American; Military hospitals -- Iraq -- History -- 21st century; Medicine, Military -- Iraq -- History -- 21st century; Counterinsurgency -- Iraq -- History -- 21st century; Iraq War, 2003- -- Participation, American
Genres: Biography; Personal narratives, American
Description: The author recounts his experiences as a physician in Iraq after volunteering to work as a surgeon with a combat unit in 2004 and as trauma chief at a busy Combat Support Hospital in 2007, with anecdotes about his chaotic caseload and adaptation to a military atmosphere.
Table of contents: title: I'm not a soldier, but I played one in Iraq; title: Which end do the bullets come out?; title: Camp Boring; title: Paradise General Hospital; title: First day of school; title: Hot tamale; title: The tug of war; title: "A picture is worth a thousand tears"; title: Dear kids; title: Rebels with a cause; title: Anatomy of a trauma; title: Sick call Sunday; title: Murmuring in a combat hospital, or, Dante's infirmary; title: Death of an American soldier; title: Family ties; title: Suicide isn't painless; title: Blursday; title: The guns of August; title: The wounded wore aftershave; title: Tale of two brothers; title: You shoot 'em, you own 'em; title: Dog kennels; title: Last tango in Tikrit; title: Hero's welcome.