Battlefield Surgeon: Life and Death on the Front Lines of World War II by Paul A. Kennedy, author, Christopher B. Kennedy, editor ISBN 9780813167237, 081316723X instant download

Battlefield Surgeon: Life and Death on the Front Lines of World War II by Paul A. Kennedy, author, Christopher B. Kennedy, editor ISBN 9780813167237, 081316723X instant download

In Battlefield Surgeon, Kennedy's son Christopher has edited his father's journals and provided historical context to produce an invaluable personal chronicle. What emerges is a vivid record of the experiences of a medical officer in the European theater of operations in World War II. Kennedy participated in some of the fiercest action of the war, including Operation Avalanche, the attack on Anzio, and Operation Dragoon. He also arrived in Rome the day after the Allied troops, and entered the Dachau concentration camp two days after it was liberated.

Despite the enormous success of the popular MASH* franchise, there are still surprisingly few authentic accounts of military doctors and medical practice during wartime. As a young, inexperienced surgeon, Kennedy grappled with cases much more serious and complex than he had ever faced in civilian practice. Featuring a foreword by Pulitzer Prize–winning World War II historian Rick Atkinson and an afterword by U.S. Army medical historian John T. Greenwood, this remarkable firsthand account offers an essential perspective on the Second World War.

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