Mission Afghanistan: An Army Doctor's Memoir

Synopsis

Elie Paul Cohen, a Franco-British civilian emergency doctor, was in his youth an anti-militarist who evaded conscription. But decades later, his military record comes back to haunt him when it turns up in his professional dossier. In a surreal coincidence, the French, British, and Israeli secret services suddenly become interested in recruiting him, and Cohen accepts the deal the French Army offers: he can settle his accounts by serving as a liaison emergency doctor in Afghanistan. After a year and a half of training, Cohen is in 2011 deployed at Camp Bastion, the largest British Military base since World War II. His mission is twofold: First, to study Damage Control Resuscitation, a new treatment for polytraumatized soldiers that was developed by British doctors in Afghanistan. Second, to share these advanced protocols with the French Military Health Service. Combining elements of spy thriller and adventure story with reflections on the costs of war, Cohen&’s memoir offers a unique perspective on the conflict in Afghanistan, and on the medical challenges presented by the expansion of terrorism into Europe and America.

Copyright:

2018

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9781943006663

Related ISBNs:

9781943006656

Publisher:

SparkPress (a BookSparks Imprint)

Date of Addition:

08/02/24

Copyrighted By:

Le Passeur Éditeur

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

History, Military, Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Medicine

Submitted By:

Bookshare Staff

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.

Translator:

Jessica Levine