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

Hnida, Dave.

Paradise General : riding the surge at a combat hospital in Iraq / Dave Hnida. - 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed. - New York : Simon & Schuster, 2010. - viii, 288 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.

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.

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Hnida, Dave.


Counterinsurgency--History--Iraq--21st century.
Iraq War, 2003---Personal narratives, American.
Iraq War, 2003---Hospitals.
Iraq War, 2003---Medical care.
Iraq War, 2003---Participation, American.
Medicine, Military--History--Iraq--21st century.
Military hospitals--History--Iraq--21st century.
Surgeons--United States--Biography.

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