Doctor for Friend and Foe - Britain's Frontline Medic in the Fight for the Falklands

Rick Jolly was the Senior Medical Officer in the Falklands, setting up and running the field hospital at Ajax Bay, where he and his Royal Marine and Parachute Regiment medical teams treated a total of 580 casualties, of which only 3 died of wounds. The building itself was a derelict meat-packing factory, hastily converted to treat incoming wounded - both British and Argentine - even though two unexploded bombs lay at the back of the building. Rick''s diary of the campaign and its aftermath is a fast-paced and gripping account of war experience that covers the entire conflict from initial preparations and passage to the South Atlantic on the requisitioned liner Canberra to daily action reports, and observations and interaction with the key players of the conflict - Col. H. Jones, Brian Hanrahan, Julian Thompson and Max Hastings. Incredible human stories abound, as Rick, a trained commando, dangles from the rescue winch of a Sea King helicopter, saving lives on a daily basis. Yet he also confronts death in a thoughtful, reflective and considered way, helping others to deal with the trauma of war. Now revised and brought fully up to date, this book is a unique first-hand narrative of a conflict that inspired individual and collective heroism among British armed forces, inspiring great pride in ''our boys'' by the public back at home, but which also provoked - and continues to provoke - fierce debate.>

Product details

• Authors: Rick Jolly, Jolly Rick
• Publisher: Osprey Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781472841384
• ISBN: 978-1-4728-4138-4
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 196 mm x 32 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Diaries, letters & journals, Military history: post WW2 conflicts, HISTORY / Military / Veterans, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Medical (incl. Patients), c 2000 to c 2010, c 2000 to c 2009, Falklands, Diaries, letters and journals, Modern warfare, Military veterans, True war and combat stories, c 1990 to c 2000, c 1990 to c 1999, Autobiography: science, technology and medicine, C 1980 To C 1990, c 1980 to c 1989, Military history: post-WW2 conflicts, War and defence operations, War & defence operations, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General