ISBN:

• 9781416599579
• 1416599576

Edition: First Simon and Schuster hardcover edition.

Description: viii, 288 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

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.

LCCN: 2010004056

Control Number: 704976

Subjects:

• Counterinsurgency -- Iraq -- History -- 21st century.
• Hnida, Dave.
• Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Hospitals.
• Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Medical care.
• Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Participation, American.
• Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Personal narratives, American.
• Medicine, Military -- Iraq -- History -- 21st century.
• Military hospitals -- Iraq -- History -- 21st century.
• Surgeons -- United States -- Biography.

Genre:

• Biographies.
• Personal narratives.