{"product_id":"contact-wounds-jonathan-kaplan-9780802142788","title":"Contact Wounds: A War Surgeon's Education","description":"Surgery is the crude art of cutting people open, yet it is also a symphony of delicate manipulation and subtle chords. So says Jonathan Kaplan in his stunning book \u003ci\u003eContact Wounds\u003c\/i\u003e, an electrifying account of a doctor's education in the classroom, in life, and on the battlefield. Inspired by his father, a military surgeon in World War II and Israel's nascent fight for statehood, Kaplan became a doctor and was appointed to a post at a woefully understaffed South African general hospital in a black township. Fleeing apartheid, he traveled the globe in search of sanctuary, experiencing riots, tropical fevers, political upheaval, and a jungle search for a lost friend. Kaplan eventually landed in Angola, taking charge of a combat-zone hospital, the only surgeon for 160,000 civilians, where he was exposed daily to the horrors of war. Journeying further into dangerous territory, Kaplan portrays serving as a volunteer surgeon in Baghdad--where he treated civilian casualties amid gunfights for control of hospitals and dealt with gangs of AK-47-wielding looters stripping pharmacies. \u003ci\u003eContact Wounds\u003c\/i\u003e is a stirring testament of adventure, discovery, survival, and the making of a career devoted to saving people caught in the crossfire of war.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jonathan Kaplan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0802142788\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802142788\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Grove Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/12\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.73lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.26h x 5.56w x 0.73d","brand":"Jonathan Kaplan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44072787083519,"sku":"9780802142788","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_42efb4f3-5470-4953-85ab-914c9ee71d51.jpg?v=1685443948","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/contact-wounds-jonathan-kaplan-9780802142788","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}