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Doctor for Friend and Foe: Britain's Frontline Medic in the Fight for the Falkla
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- Condition
- ISBN-13
- 9781472841384
- Type
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- Publication Name
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- ISBN
- 9781472841384
- Book Title
- Doctor for Friend and Foe : Britain's Frontline Medic in the Fight for the Falklands
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Item Length
- 7.7 in
- Publication Year
- 2019
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1 in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, History
- Topic
- Cultural Heritage, Medical, Military / Wars & Conflicts (Other), Europe / Great Britain / General, Military
- Item Weight
- 11.5 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.1 in
- Number of Pages
- 288 Pages
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A unique first-hand narrative of the Falklands war. Rick Jolly was the Senior Medical Officer in the Falklands, setting up and running the field hospital at Ajax Bay, where he and his Royal Marine and Parachute Regiment medical teams treated a total of 580 casualties, of which only 3 died of wounds. The building itself was a derelict meat-packing factory, hastily converted to treat incoming wounded - both British and Argentine - even though two unexploded bombs lay at the back of the building. Rick's diary of the campaign and its aftermath is a fast-paced and gripping account of war experience that covers the entire conflict from initial preparations and passage to the South Atlantic on the requisitioned liner Canberra to daily action reports, and observations and interaction with the key players of the conflict - Col. H. Jones, Brian Hanrahan, Julian Thompson and Max Hastings. Incredible human stories abound, as Rick, a trained commando, dangles from the rescue winch of a Sea King helicopter, saving lives on a daily basis. Yet he also confronts death in a thoughtful, reflective and considered way, helping others to deal with the trauma of war. Now revised and brought fully up to date, this book is a unique first-hand narrative of a conflict that inspired individual and collective heroism among British armed forces, inspiring great pride in 'our boys' by the public back at home, but which also provoked - and continues to provoke - fierce debate.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN-10
1472841387
ISBN-13
9781472841384
eBay Product ID (ePID)
22038738247
Product Key Features
Book Title
Doctor for Friend and Foe : Britain's Frontline Medic in the Fight for the Falklands
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2019
Topic
Cultural Heritage, Medical, Military / Wars & Conflicts (Other), Europe / Great Britain / General, Military
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
11.5 Oz
Item Length
7.7 in
Item Width
5.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
Jolly manages to convey so much within a relatively small number of pages, the pace of all 74 days of the conflict immediately apparent. The highs written with dark humour ... The lows are written with a moving sensitivity. I will definitely be reading this one through again very soon., "Jolly manages to convey so much within a relatively small number of pages, the pace of all 74 days of the conflict immediately apparent. The highs written with dark humour ... The lows are written with a moving sensitivity. I will definitely be reading this one through again very soon." -- Rear Party Forum "This is a book for anyone interested in military medicine and psychology, anyone who just wants a fine testament to human endurance, leadership and stoicism in difficult and highly emotional circumstances, but perhaps most of all for veterans of the conflict who had little idea at the time of the miracles being worked on their colleagues as the battles raged around them. Personally, I found it absolutely compelling reading, filling another major jigsaw piece into the complex picture of those few short but bloody weeks in 1982. Highly recommended." -- Flagship, the magazine for Seafarers UK
Dewey Decimal
997.110247
Lc Classification Number
F3031.5
Table of Content
The Conflict: 1982 April Warned for warInitial actionsJourney to Gibraltar and requisitioning of CanberraConversion from liner to fast troopship in SouthamptonDeployment South beginsAscension Island May Canberra leaves AscensionPreparation for battleFinal ordersD-Day (Friday May 21st 1982)Ajax Bay starts upFirst casualtiesHMS AntelopeHM Hospital Ship UgandaInjured Argentine pilotHMS Coventry survivorsAjax Bay bombedFirst Battle: Goose GreenPreparing the dead for burialThe funeralFight for Top Malo House June Visit to UgandaBooby trap at Goose GreenCanberra returnsSunday services'Blue-on-blue'Argentine photorecce jet shot downForward surgery at Teal Inlet Trench footHMS Plymouth strafedMass Casualty Situation: Disaster on GalahadGetting the casualties out to UgandaSome Swiss visitorsFitzroy forward surgical facilityFinal Battles I: Two Sisters and Mount LongdonFinal Battles II: Tumbledown, MountWilliam and Wireless RidgeWhite flags over StanleyGynae outpatients and Royal Navy help for Island ladiesThe Red and Green Life Machine closesSorting out the chaos in StanleyMeeting General MenendezGetting the Argentine PoW medics goingLetter from HRH The Red DragonHelicopter solo Canberra sails for EnglandJourney home July Ascension again'Up Channel' nightArrival at SouthamptonHome Aftermath 1982 South Atlantic Honours List Inquest 1983-95 Subsequent naval career 1996 RedundancyShip's Surgeon RMS St Helena/MV Saga Rose 1997 South Atlantic Medal Association (1982) founded 1998 President Menem visits London 1999 The Royal Visit to Buenos AiresArgentine decoration 2002 SAMA82 Pilgrimage to the Falkland IslandsAn audience with Her Majesty theQueen Appendix The Men of The Red and Green Life Machine Operations and surgical procedures performed at Ajax Bay Index Map Upper Falklands Sound & San Carlos Water
Copyright Date
2019
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