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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791652603321

Autore

Middleton Thomas A

Titolo

Saber's edge [[electronic resource] ] : a combat medic in Ramadi, Iraq / / Thomas A. Middleton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lebanon, NH, : University Press of New England, c2009

ISBN

1-283-87538-1

1-58465-840-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (244 p.)

Disciplina

956.7044/37

956.704437

Soggetti

Iraq War, 2003-2011

Iraq War, 2003-2011 - Campaigns - Iraq - Ramādī

Iraq War, 2003-2011 - Medical care

Burlington (Vt.) Biography

Ramādī (Iraq) History, Military 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Prologue; 1: Mobilization; 2: Into the Fiery Sands of War; 3: The Autumn of Innocence; 4: Taking the Fight to the Enemy; 5: Life by the Sword; 6: The Streets of Tameem; 7: Faith and the Just War; 8: Haji Gets Blown Up; 9: Midnight Raid on Al Qaeda; 10: The Glass Factory Disaster; 11: Target: Irhabee; 12: Shootout in Tameem; 13: Charlie Company and the Jundii Raid; 14: The 5K Mosque Bandits; 15: The Battle of OP 2; 16: Real Stories from the Highway Patrol; 17: B Troop on Patrol; 18: My Last Battle; 19: Going Home; Glossary; Index

Sommario/riassunto

A combat medic reconciles his roles as a soldier, healer, and man of faith in a time of war