Blood on my Hands

Name: Blood on my Hands
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ISBN: 9780980757002

a surgeon at war

Craig Jurisevic, Robert Hillman

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Wild Dingo Press
01 May 2010

Biography: general; Memoirs; True war & combat stories; Genocide & ethnic cleansing; Armed conflict; Warfare & defence; Surgery; Biography - Australian

The year is 1999, and for the first time since World War II, Europe is witnessing scenes of mass murder. The forces of Serbian strongman Slobodan Milosevic have swept into Kosovo on the Balkan Peninsula leaving a trail of death and heartbreak. Scenes of Milosevic's 'ethnic cleansing' play out on television screens all over the world; haunted figures huddled behind barbed wire fences, bodies heaped in ditches. Adelaide surgeon Craig Jurisevic recalls his grandfather's ordeal in a Nazi concentration camp and resolves to honour his memory by offering his skills as a surgeon to the victims of the conflict. Leaving his wife and son in Adelaide, Jurisevic flies to the Balkans under the auspices of the International Medical Corps. Although no stranger to the battlefield, he is appalled at the unparalleled savagery of the Kosovo war. Jurisevic's determination to put his skills to the best possible use leads him closer and closer to the frontline, and deeper into danger. Sickened by scenes of murder and massacre, he sets aside his non-partisan status and joins forces with the Kosovo Liberation Army, operating on the injured at the front and leading night-time missions behind the lines to retrieve injured Kosovar villagers. Struggling to maintain his moral bearings, Jurisevic's journey from Adelaide to the hell of Kosovo has become a descent into the heart of darkness. Blood on My Hands tells a story of terrible suffering, of extraordinary heroism, and of the savagery that lies coiled in the human heart.

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By: Craig Jurisevic, Robert Hillman
Imprint: Wild Dingo Press
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 150mm,
ISBN: 9780980757002
ISBN 10: 0980757002
Pages: 350
Publication Date: 01 May 2010
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Blood on my Hands: a surgeon at war

'This is an extremely well written book, but not one that is just to be enjoyed - it is brutal and honest; shocking but authentic. There is no other like it.' - David A K Watters, Professor of Surgery, University of Melbourne