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Book SynopsisDoctors at War is a candid account of a trauma surgical team based, for a tour of duty, at a field hospital in Helmand, Afghanistan.
Trade ReviewThis text provides renewed insight into the irrational world of humans, where we engage in endless efforts to kill one another while mustering immense energy to save and repair those injured and harmed in the process.
-- M. W. Carr, US Army Watercraft & Riverine Operations, US Coast Guard and US Navy Diving * Choice *
The book turns reflexive when, back home, de Rond finds himself ‘disillusioned with what I felt was a pedestrian, low-status, egocentric game of academia’ (p. 133). Confronted with the human consequences of war, academia can seem hopeless (p. 128). Once again academics are faced with the question, does our work matter? And once again the moment can turn existential. If academics do immerse themselves in de Rond’s book, they will find themselves on firmer ground no matter what they conclude about what matters.
-- Karl E. Weick * Administrative Science Quarterly *
This is an amazing and fast read that tears at the reader’s every emotion. It leaves one ready to serve and be thankful for the sacrifice of so many in the medical community.
-- Lt. Col. Jason E. Pelletier, U.S. Army, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas * Military Review: The Professional Journal of the U.S. Army *
[de Rond's talent at describing places, spaces, and objects is nothing short of amazing.... Doctors at War should be read by anyone who hasn't seen a war.
-- Barbara Czarniawska * Organization *
Mark de Rond brilliantly presents the human side of those doctors, making them incredibly relatable. So relatable, that we might for one second forget about the barbarity they witness and how emotionally strong they must be, to imagine ourselves wanting to embrace the same challenges and purpose.
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Table of ContentsBy Way of Introduction1. Hawkeye2. Reporting for Duty3. Camp Bastion4. A Reason to Live5. Legs6. Apocalypse Now and Again7. Boredom8. Christmas in Summer9. A Record-Breaking Month10. Kandahar11. War Is Nasty12. Way to Start Your Day13. Back HomeEpilogueBy Way of Acknowledgment
