Contact Wounds: A War Surgeon's Education
New York: Grove Press, 2005. Uncorrected Proof. Trade paperback. vii, 274 p. Growing up in Durban, South Africa, in the heat of social change, Jonathan Kaplan became a doctor who fled apartheid, taking charge of a combat-zone hospital in Angola where he was the only surgeon for 160, 000 civilians. This is his stirring testament of adventure, discovery, survival, and a career devoted to saving people caught in the crossfire of war. Condition: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Cover has minor wear and soiling.
Keywords: Military Medicine, Angola, Battle Casualties, War Wounds, Fragmentation Wounds, Tropical Diseases, Homicide, Bullet Wounds, Surgeons, Survival
ISBN: 9780802118004
[Book #62598]
Price: $25.00