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This account of a combat hospital truly shows the chaos that grips the lives of those who work to save our troops and our combatants. The waves of endless casualties followed by the lull and utter boredom that the army medical staff endure, mixed with varying emotions, gives us a great appreciation of the sacrifices of war. The book stirs many images in my mind and make me feel that I am personally in the midst of it all. The book is well written and the stories are compelling. It was a hard book to put down.

Great book as a tribute to our brave men and women of the United States military.


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Paradise General Riding the Surge at a Combat Hospital in Iraq Dr Dave Hnida Books Reviews

Talk about a great book! This book was funny, sad, informative and reflective of this brave doctor's journey from treating minor aches and pains in his family practice to head ER doc in a busy CSH in the middle of a bloody war. It reflects on the friendships he made with people he barely knew and the silly things that kept their morale up (duct tape name tags to foo foo coffee) to adrenaline packed accounts of treating the wounded, to utter moments of sadness from losing a soldier on his table. Amazingly written, one of the best war memoirs I've read yet from the Iraq War.
I grew up in Littleton, Colorado, and remember watching his medical segments on the local news. Years later, I was delighted to discover that Dr. Dave Hnida wrote a memoir of his experiences as an Army reservist in Iraq. With a witty narrative that reads as easily as any book I've ever read, Dr. Dave had me wiping away tears one moment and laughing out loud the next. Paradise General is wonderful, enjoyable, and vitally important story of the men and women who care for our injured soldiers overseas. A must-read among Iraq war narratives.
This book is a tribute to the fallen, to their families, and to those who would try to save them. It is written with deep and tender awareness of the rawness of war as it reverberates through families and cultures. In an era in which "health care" is too often a politicized buzz word, this book is a refreshing reminder of a physician's most noble calling the call to serve and to sustain life. No matter if they were American, Iraqi police, Iraqi civilian, or insurgent...they all received equal care. Too often we take our health care for granted but as Dr Hnida mentions when the Iraqi civilians were transferred back into the civilian hospitals, the care was provided by family members.

The Army changes acronyms but the meanings are the same. Dr Hnida mentions the unsung heros of the medical care starting with the combat buddies, medics, and nurses (which he calls the Angels of Mercy). As a family care physician throw into a combat hospital is no easy transition. His fears of doing what is right is no different from what each soldier faces outside the wire. Their professional and dedication to duty is demontstrated through their survival rate.

It is a great read.
Excellent"real life story" telling of the realities of current wartime Dr's. Even with the everyday horrors that they deal with, they find humor in order to keep sane. I honestly understand the difficulties that our soldiers have in integrating back into "Normal" society. It's an eye opening experience into the realities of War. Thank you Dr. Hnida for sharing your experience. I hope that writing this helped you to find a bit of "peace" within yourself.
This provides a solid and fairly unique look at an Iraq combat hospital at the near-height of 2007's 'surge,' with violence at a peak. Author Dave Hnida did a short (but very busy) tour as an Army reserve surgeon.

It was actually his second tour, and his descriptions of his 2004 seemed pretty intense. Made me want more stories about that time. But, a good editor makes sure the writer stays on point, which this book does.

The best parts of this narrative deal with the intense and busy days in the surgical hospital. While it wasn't non-stop treatment, it was close. The doctors worked on Iraqis and US soldiers, so there were always patients - including insurgent fighters whose treatments provide Hnida an occasional moral dillema - but professional treatment always wins out.

It told me a story I didn't know, or didn't think much about - what happens to the soldiers after their injuries on the battlefield. It was often brutal, and while I don't know if 'rewarding' is the right word, these doctors could see the results of their effort, up close and very personal. The stress, speed and quick decisions the men and women must make on a constant basis are amazing.

My preference in memoirs is to see the good and bad (or at least less positive) sides of everyone. Hnida mostly shows slightly more one-dimensional portrayals. His friends are all heroic and selfless, the young medics are all salt-of-the-earth, and the 'villains' are administrators and occasionally those rear-echelon soldiers. They are either totally good or totally bad. I like to see more shades of grey, or at least less of putting people on a pedestal.

But, the value of the story is the behind-the-scenes look at the other part of the battlefield - where men and women go for help when the battle doesn't go their way.

I was embedded as a freelance journalist near Tikrit at the same time Hnida describes. An 82nd Airborne soldier whose sad death he describes was part of the larger unit I was embedded with, though I never met the man. I did know the name, though, and it's always strange having even a slight personal connection with these kinds of memoirs. Everything in Iraq always seems to connect.
This account of a combat hospital truly shows the chaos that grips the lives of those who work to save our troops and our combatants. The waves of endless casualties followed by the lull and utter boredom that the army medical staff endure, mixed with varying emotions, gives us a great appreciation of the sacrifices of war. The book stirs many images in my mind and make me feel that I am personally in the midst of it all. The book is well written and the stories are compelling. It was a hard book to put down.

Great book as a tribute to our brave men and women of the United States military.