{"product_id":"a-surgeons-war-henry-ward-trueblood-9780986058257","title":"A Surgeon's War: My Year in Vietnam","description":"\u003cp\u003eCelebrated author Jason Brown (\u003cem\u003eWhy the Devil Chose New England for His Work\u003c\/em\u003e) said it best when he described this riveting memoir: \u003cem\u003e\"A Surgeon's War\u003c\/em\u003e offers an indispensible view of combat medicine in the Vietnam War. It is also the beautifully written story of a young man coming of age in the crucible of conflict. We follow the young Ward Trueblood from the protected, Eisenhower-era life of a small town in the Midwest, to heady and idealistic days as a graduate student at Stanford, to the war, and finally to his adulthood as a leading figure in trauma medicine. From his reflections on his father's experience as a combat surgeon in World War II, to his own assessments of the evolution of trauma care and of the American conscience, Ward's story is the story of America in the 20\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e Century.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Henry Ward Trueblood\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0986058254\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780986058257\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Astor \u0026amp; Lenox\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/07\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 210\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.69lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.48d","brand":"Henry Ward Trueblood","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43927067623679,"sku":"9780986058257","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_b6e55ed1-6ae7-46ee-b9b8-91f11f63bfe2.jpg?v=1681086634","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-surgeons-war-henry-ward-trueblood-9780986058257","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}