Frontlines and lifelines : collected poems from an army doctor in crisis and war /
This work captures personal experience of the Army's Surgeon General as a military doctor in crisis and war, spanning thirty years from Northern Ireland, through Kosovo to the Iraq and Afghanistan campaigns, culminating in the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russo-Ukraine war. Poetry provides the abi...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
London :
Unicorn,
2024.
|
| Subjects: |
| Summary: | This work captures personal experience of the Army's Surgeon General as a military doctor in crisis and war, spanning thirty years from Northern Ireland, through Kosovo to the Iraq and Afghanistan campaigns, culminating in the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russo-Ukraine war. Poetry provides the ability to say what is otherwise difficult or unpalatable. Some of the poems are critical and challenging. Some are humorous, as dark humor is a well-recognized resilience tool of the soldier. All are observational and all are grounded in the realities of crisis and conflict. It is likely you have read war poetry from the perspectives of the combat soldier, but this book is the alternative perspective of those who manage the consequences of war. The work exposes that saving lives in conflict, picking up the human pieces, takes a toll on the careers. Writing these poems has been a means for the author to sustain mental resilience and to cope with serial morally injurious events. |
|---|---|
| Physical Description: | 116 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781916846319 1916846319 |