Paradise General : riding the surge at a combat hospital in Iraq / Dave Hnida.

New York ; London : Simon & Schuster, 2010.

viii, 288 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

I'm not a soldier but I played one in Iraq -- Which end do the bullets come out? -- Camp Boring -- Paradise General Hospital -- First day of school -- Hot tamale -- The tug-of-war -- "A picture is worth a thousand tears" -- Dear kids -- Rebels with a cause -- Anatomy of a trauma -- Sick call Sunday -- Dante's infirmary -- Death of an American soldier -- Family ties -- Suicide isn't painless -- Blursday -- The guns of August -- The wounded wore aftershave -- Tale of two brothers -- You shoot 'em, you own 'em -- Dog kennels -- Last tango in Tikrit -- Hero's welcome.