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On Call In Hell: A Doctor's Iraq War Story
by Cdr. Richard Jadick, Thomas Hayden
from NAL Hardcover

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• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• true stories of battlefield medicine
  i enjoyed reading this book. in it are graphic depictions of the battle of fallujah, but never lost in this account is the very human side of all those serving, both combatants and the medical personnel who struggled to save the wounded. whenever the author lost a marine, he always added some personal details about their own life or the people they left behind. i thought in this way, the book helped to go beyond statistics and show how this conflict has shattered many lives.
  i also found it interesting... more info

• Good, but teeters on the brink of ego-centric
  This was a good read for a light military buff. It goes a little more in CDR Jadick's personal history before getting into the action portion of the story. CDR Jadick does seem a little on the egotistical side talking about all the changes that HE implemented. I am sure that CDR Jadick was a part of some changes that occured during the war, but I question if his view is biased about how much of an influence he had on those changes. If you are looking for a book that is deeply based in military action, then... more info

• Navy-Marine Medical Intervention in Iraq
  This war time experience is over-laden with military explanations of Navy and Marine protocol. Although Dr Jadik aptly describes his feelings of inadequacy, at times, he is quite verbose in his descriptions of military scenes.
  I didn't really feel as though there was as much medic-patient relationships that I was expecting.
  For me, there was too much "military" and not enough inter-personal action.

• Interesting reading, but could be more about Iraq and less about the author
  The book contains interesting stories from Iraq battlefields, and it gave me good insight about the work of a military surgeon.
  However, the Iraq part is only about 40% of the book, and much of the book consists of personal memories from past life in the U.S., which, frankly, aren't exactly what you would expect from the book (given its title and short description).

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