Rule Number Two: Lessons I Learned in a Combat Hospital

by Heidi Squier Kraft Narrated by Not Yet Available

Overview

When Lieutenant Commander Heidi Kraft's twin son and daughter were fifteen months old, she was deployed to Iraq. A clinical psychologist in the US Navy, Kraft's job was to uncover the wounds of war that a surgeon would never see. She put away thoughts of her children back home, acclimated to the sound of incoming rockets, and learned how to listen to the most traumatic stories a war zone has to offer.

One of the toughest lessons of her deployment was perfectly articulated by the TV show M*A*S*H: "There are two rules of war. Rule number one is that young men die. Rule number two is that doctors can't change rule number one." Some Marines, Kraft realized, and even some of their doctors, would be damaged by war in ways she could not repair. And sometimes, people were repaired in ways she never expected.

Rule Number Two is a powerful firsthand account of providing comfort admidst the chaos of war, and of what it takes to endure.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

"Every American needs to read this."—General Anthony C. Zinni, USMC (Ret), former commander of U.S. Central Command

"One of the most amazing books I have ever read..."—Lieutenant Colonel Dave Grossman, USA (Ret), author of On Killing and On Combat

"A necessary but uncomfortable book for anyone wishing to understand."—Jay Freeman, Booklist

"The welcome mat for memoirs by veterans of operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom might never wear out so long as they write with the sincerity of Squier Kraft...(who) wins respect with genuine empathy."—J. Ford Huffman, Military Times

J. Ford Huffman - Military Times

"The welcome mat for memoirs by veterans of operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom might never wear out so long as they write with the sincerity of Squier Kraft...(who) wins respect with genuine empathy."

Jay Freeman - Booklist

"A necessary but uncomfortable book for anyone wishing to understand."

Lieutenant Colonel Dave Grossman - USA (Ret)

"One of the most amazing books I have ever read..."

General Anthony C. Zinni, USMC (Ret) - former commander of U.S. Central Command

"Every American needs to read this."

J. Ford Huffman

The welcome mat for memoirs by veterans of operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom might never wear out so long as they write with the sincerity of Squier Kraft...(who) wins respect with genuine empathy.
— Military Times

Jay Freeman

A necessary but uncomfortable book for anyone wishing to understand.
— Booklist

Dave Grossman

One of the most amazing books I have ever read...
— USA (Ret), author of On Killing and On Combat

Product Details

BN ID:	2940191728469
Publisher:	Hachette Audio
Publication date:	09/03/2024
Edition description:	Unabridged