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Dedication; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Chapter 1 -- Nightmare; KASHMIR 2005; Chapter 2 -- Shame and Upheaval; Chapter 3 -- Seat 28A; Chapter 4 -- I See Helicopters; Chapter 5 -- Meetings, More Meetings; Chapter 6 -- Panjkot Valley; Chapter 7 -- Manohar; Chapter 8 -- Too Many Casualties; Chapter 9 -- Missing and Unidentified; Chapter 10 -- Vodka is a Real Man's Drink; Chapter 11 -- The Body in the Woods; JAVA 2006; Chapter 12 -- Multiple Disasters; Chapter 13 -- The Makeshift Hospital; Chapter 14 -- Politicians Do Not Like Me; Chapter 15 -- Surgical Disasters; HAITI 2010. |
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Chapter 16 -- The CallChapter 17 -- The General; Chapter 18 -- Aftershock; Chapter 19 -- A Sleepless Night; Chapter 20 -- The Psychologist; Chapter 21 -- Tents Need Poles; Chapter 22 -- I Want to Go to America; LIBYA 2011; Chapter 23 -- The Arrival; Chapter 24 -- Tataouine; Chapter 25 -- The Mysterious American; Chapter 26 -- War Changes You; Chapter 27 -- Border Crossing; Chapter 28 -- Roadblock; Chapter 29 -- Unsung Heroes; Afterword -- Homecoming. |
| Summary |
In this fast-paced narrative, ex-SAS surgeon Richard Villar provides 'a very personal insight into the difficulties, dangers and occasional virtual impossibility of providing medical aid to disaster areas and war zones. He shares his remarkable experiences in the aftermath of three major earthquakes - Kashmir (2005), Java (2006) and Haiti (2010) - as well as in the Libyan civil war (2011). Readers are given a no-holds-barred introduction to a world which the vast majority will have only scant knowledge of. The author describes what happens on the ground before a full aid program swings into acti. |
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Villar, Richard N.
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Villar, Richard N. |
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Civil War (Libya : 2011- ) |
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2001 |
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Orthopedists -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Disaster medicine.
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Emergency medicine.
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Earthquake relief -- India -- Jammu and Kashmir.
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Earthquake relief -- Indonesia -- Java.
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Medicine, Military -- Libya.
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War -- Relief of sick and wounded.
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Disaster medicine. |
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Earthquake relief. |
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Emergency medicine. |
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Medical care. |
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Medicine, Military. |
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Orthopedists. |
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War -- Relief of sick and wounded. |
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Libya -- History -- Civil War, 2011- -- Medical care.
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Great Britain. |
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India -- Jammu and Kashmir. |
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Indonesia -- Java. |
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Libya. |
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Electronic books. |
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Biography.
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History.
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Boundless (Digital media service)
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| ISBN |
9781783830923 : $10.99 |
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1783830921 : $10.99 |
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