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Author:

Hnida, Dave.

Title:

Paradise General : riding the surge at a combat hospital in Iraq / Dave Hnida.

Edition:

1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.

Publisher:

Simon & Schuster,

Copyright Date:

2010

Description:

viii, 288 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Iraq War, 2003---Medical care.
Iraq War, 2003---Hospitals.
Hnida, Dave.
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.

Contents:

I'm not a soldier but I played one in Iraq -- Which end do the bullets come out? -- Camp Boring -- Paradise General Hospital -- First day of school -- Hot tamale -- The tug-of-war -- "A picture is worth a thousand tears" -- Dear kids -- Rebels with a cause -- Anatomy of a trauma -- Sick call Sunday -- Dante's infirmary -- Death of an American soldier -- Family ties -- Suicide isn't painless -- Blursday -- The guns of August -- The wounded wore aftershave -- Tale of two brothers -- You shoot 'em, you own 'em -- Dog kennels -- Last tango in Tikrit -- Hero's welcome.

ISBN:

1416599576
9781416599579

OCLC:

(OCoLC)424555378

LCCN:

2010004056

Locations:

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

ETPD745 -- Emmetsburg Public Library (Emmetsburg)

YOPB532 -- Olin Public Library (Olin)

HQPD845 -- Rock Valley Public Library (Rock Valley)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)