Medic : saving lives, from Dunkirk to Afghanistan PDF
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By the same authors Home Run: Escape from Nazi Europe The Last Escape Tail-End Charlies Also by John Nichol Tornado Down (with John Peters) Team Tornado (with John Peters) FICTION Point of Impact Vanishing Point Exclusion Zone Stinger Decisive Measures Also by Tony Rennell Last Days of Glory When Daddy Came Home (with Barry Turner) Medic Saving Lives – from Dunkirk to Afghanistan JOHN NICHOL AND TONY RENNELL VIKING an imprint of PENGUIN BOOKS VIKING Published by the Penguin Group Penguin Books Ltd, 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, England Penguin Group (USA) Inc., 375 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014, USA Penguin Group (Canada), 90 Eglinton Avenue East, Suite 700, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4P 2Y3 (a division of Pearson Penguin Canada Inc.) Penguin Ireland, 25 St Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2, Ireland (a division of Penguin Books Ltd) Penguin Group (Australia), 250 Camberwell Road, Camberwell, Victoria 3124, Australia (a division of Pearson Australia Group Pty Ltd) Penguin Books India Pvt Ltd, 11 Community Centre, Panchsheel Park, New Delhi – 110 017, India Penguin Group (NZ), 67 Apollo Drive, Rosedale, North Shore 0632, New Zealand (a division of Pearson New Zealand Ltd) Penguin Books (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd, 24 Sturdee Avenue, Rosebank, Johannesburg 2196, South Africa Penguin Books Ltd, Registered Offices: 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, England www.penguin.com First published in 2009 Copyright © John Nichol and Tony Rennell, 2009 The moral right of the authors has been asserted All rights reserved Without limiting the rights under copyright reserved above, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise), without the prior written permission of both the copyright owner and the above publisher of this book A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN: 978-0-14-192111-2 For Sophie and Harry This book is dedicated to our country’s exceptional military medical personnel. Their courage is an inspiration. Contents List of Illustrations Maps Acknowledgements Preface PART I : INTRODUCTION 1. Saving Sergeant Major Stockton 2. Inhumanity PART II: THE SECOND WORLD WAR 3. Overwhelmed 4. Bamboo Surgeons 5. Desert Doctors 6. Stout Hearts 7. Bravest of the Brave PART III: THE FALKLANDS WAR 8. A Long Way from Home 9. Battle Stations 10. Fire Down Below 11. Gaining the High Ground PART IV: IRAQ 12. Bitter Pills 13. Under Siege 14. A Woman’s Place PART V: AFGHANISTAN 15. On Afghanistan’s Plains… 16. Where Angels Fear to Tread… 17. Shifting Sands PART VI: AFTERMATH 18. Scars That Will Not Heal Glossary Notes References Index
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