Medic Against Bomb: A Doctor's Poetry of War

author: Frederick Foote

name: Wayne

average rating: 3.80

book published:

rating: 4

read at: 2014/10/30

date added: 2014/10/30

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'Medic Against Bomb' is an unusual collection of poetry. The author, Frederick Foote, is a retired U.S. Navy physician and he is the director of the Poetry Project at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.



These are poems from wartime. Mainly written on the hospital ship COMFORT. The harsh nature of war in light of poetry does nothing to diminish it's horror, but it does come through as an interesting expression. From poems about soldiers dying, and enemy combatants that are being saved on the operating table. Poems to lost comrades and about the effects of PTSD. The poems are visceral and pretty raw in some instances.



It's a short volume, and a few poems in the middle of the book were a bit too freeform for me, but overall I really enjoyed the collection. Earlier in the year, I read a book written by a nurse during World War I. This was a good comparison volume from about 100 years later. War is still hell. The death and destruction are still hard on those who practice the art of healing in those circumstances.



I received a review copy of this ebook from Grayson Books and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this ebook.





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