Crossings, a doctor-soldier's story, Jon Kerstetter
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Crossings, a doctor-soldier's story, Jon Kerstetter
Language
eng
resource.biographical
autobiography
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Crossings
Nature of contents
dictionaries
Oclc number
998752829
Responsibility statement
Jon Kerstetter
Sub title
a doctor-soldier's story
Summary
"In Iraq, as a combat physician and officer, Jon Kerstetter balanced two impossibly conflicting imperatives - to heal and to kill. When he suffered an injury and then a stroke during his third tour, he wound up back home in Iowa, no longer able to be either a doctor or a soldier. In this gorgeous memoir that moves from his impoverished upbringing on an Oneida reservation, to his harrowing stints as a volunteer medic in Kosovo and Bosnia, through the madness of Iraq and his intense mandate to assemble a team to identify the remains of Uday and Qusay Hussein, and the struggle afterward to come to terms with a life irrevocably changed, Kerstetter beautifully illuminates war and survival, the fragility of the human body, and the strength of will that lies within."--, Publisher description
Table Of Contents
Part 1. Prologue -- Near the edge of a boundary -- The boundary layer -- Beyond the boundary layer -- 61-November -- War zones -- Call Up -- SimMan -- Camp New York -- Date Palms -- Triage -- Ballistic maneuvers -- The crossing -- Winter error! -- The sound of a zipper -- Globemaster -- Part 2. Awake -- Discovery -- Stroke school -- Reading -- Winter dream -- St. Luke's -- Elephant Man -- Therapy -- VA Style -- The List -- Level 5.3 -- Wride (Write) -- Beyond the crossings -- Epilogue
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Doctor-soldier's story
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- Brain damage + Patients -- United States -- Biography
- Physicians -- United States -- Biography
- Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Personal narratives, American
- Post-traumatic stress disorder + Patients -- United States -- Biography
- Kerstetter, Jon
- Disabled veterans -- United States -- Biography
- Cerebrovascular disease + Patients -- United States -- Biography
- Electronic books
- Iraq War, 2003-2011 + Medical care
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military
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- Brain damage + Patients -- United States -- Biography
- Physicians -- United States -- Biography
- Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Personal narratives, American
- Post-traumatic stress disorder + Patients -- United States -- Biography
- Kerstetter, Jon
- Disabled veterans -- United States -- Biography
- Cerebrovascular disease + Patients -- United States -- Biography
- Electronic books
- Iraq War, 2003-2011 + Medical care
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military
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