No Place to Hide

A Brain Surgeon's Long Journey Home from the Iraq War

By: W. Lee Warren

Narrated by: Chip Arnold, Henry O. Arnold

Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins

Publisher's summary

Join Air Force veteran Dr. W. Lee Warren as he chronicles his fascinating, heartbreaking, and enlightening experience as a neurosurgeon in an Iraq War combat hospital.

Warren's life as a neurosurgeon in a trauma center began to unravel long before he shipped off to serve the U.S. Air Force in Iraq in 2004. When he traded a comfortable, if demanding, practice in San Antonio, Texas, for a ride on a C-130 into the combat zone, he was already reeling from months of personal struggle.

At the 332nd Air Force Theater Hospital at Joint Base Balad, Iraq, Warren realized his experience with trauma was just beginning. In his 120 days in a tent hospital, he was trained in a different specialty--surviving over a hundred mortar attacks and trying desperately to repair the damages of a war that raged around every detail of every day. No place was safe, and the constant barrage wore down every possible defense, physical or psychological.

One day, clad only in a T-shirt, gym shorts, and running shoes, Warren was caught in the open while round after round of mortars shook the earth and shattered the air with their explosions, stripping him of everything he had been trying so desperately to hold on to.

In No Place to Hide, Warren tells his story in a brand-new light, sharing how you can:

• Discover who you are under pressure
• Lean on faith in your darkest days
• Find the strength to carry on, no matter what you're facing

Whether you are in the midst of your own struggles with faith, relationships, finances, or illness, No Place to Hide will teach you that how you respond in moments of crisis can determine your chances of survival.

Praise for No Place to Hide:

"No Place to Hide captures simply, eloquently, and passionately what it means to be a physician in time of war. Over ten years of war, we safely air evacuated more than ninety thousand injured and ill from Iraq and Afghanistan--five thousand were the sickest of the sick. This very personal story captures the essence of what it takes to be a military physician and the challenge for our nation to reintegrate all who deploy to war."

--Lt. Gen. (ret.) C. Bruce Green, MD, 20th AF Surgeon General

"Through Warren's eyes we observe not only the delicate mechanics of brain surgery but also its lifelong effects on real people and their families, both when the surgery succeeds and when it fails. Thank you, Lee Warren, for letting us see the world through your own unique vantage point. Thank you for the lives you saved, for the compassion you showed, for the faith you rediscovered, for reminding us of the precious gift of life."

--Philip Yancey, bestselling author of The Jesus I Never Knew

©2014 Zondervan (P)2014 Zondervan

Such an easy read and a wonderful perspective of what medical personnel lived through during this war.

I loved this book! I have nothing negative to say about Dr. Warren's book. Very inspirational!

So good because it is so personal

It was well narrated and personally revealing while also offering a gritty accounting of the reality of a wartime hospital. This book also delves often into the wuss in which his Christian faith framed his experiences in both good and bad ways. Such as the moral injury of being a witness to the evils of war, the selflessness and good that individuals can muster despite being beset by evil, and the redemptive power of ceding control over one's life to God. Finally, he offers wonderful and moving insight into the very human experience of trying to figure out how to carry on with life during and after the fracturing of a relationship or marriage. If recommend this book to anyone but certainly anyone in military health system, healthcare providers of all stripes, anyone struggling through family or faith crises, and anyone interested in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. So... basically everyone, as I'm sure we can all find a point of relation herein.

Powerful!

Trauma comes in many forms, yet the healing from writing the experience is moving and inspiring to hear. Understanding why events in life happen to some and not others is beyond comprehension. However, to hear Warren share his experience and to learn from his road to recovery is motivation to stay on the path. Thank you!

Good book from a military Doc!

This book captures Dr. Warren's experience at the 332nd. I like the fact that it highlighted some of the day to day operations at Balad AB.

Wow! Such a raw depiction of war, faith, and love

This is by far one of the finest books I have encountered. The beautiful way in which he spoke, descriptive depictions of his own personal experiences in a war time hospital, and the way he told HIS story of surviving war, PTSD and his personal struggles through the best of times and the worst of times. God bless you Dr Warren, as you lead others to faith. Thank you and all your subjects for your brave and selfless service.

wonderful

What made the experience of listening to No Place to Hide the most enjoyable?

If you don't like books that tear you in every direction emotionally, then maybe you shouldn't read this. But in my opinion, this was a wonderfully written book with incredibly heart-wrenching imagery that makes you feel as if you are experiencing the moments yourself. It puts a lot of things into perspective and teaches much about what goes in Iraq, things that we often like to ignore or pretend don't happen. Loved it.

Great book about great human being

Where does No Place to Hide rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Probably among the best 5 definitely

Who was your favorite character and why?

The surgeon, something about the guy seems very down to earth, unlike other neurosurgeons I have meet, very honest about his faults, very like us I guess

Have you listened to any of Henry Arnold’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

I don't remember, probably.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

When the doctors attended a Iraqi 2 year old child.

Any additional comments?

War is just horrible, there are no words to describe it enough, but among that, the men and women that serve in the US military, deserve respect and sincerely more help from everybody

%1000 love

The story itself is very engaging and intelligent. Dr. Warren really gives the story legs with his own narration.
This is no ordinary book. It isn't one that you rush through because you want to get to the end. It needs to be digested in small amounts so you can get the full meaning.

Different view of war

Being a Marine never thinking the men and women taking care of us other then the cormen or doc’s as we called them. This book shows a side of war most never think or dream about. Doctor Warren accounts made me thank God that I never was sent to war.

Thank you Dr Lee!

It is my first book about war! I heard Dr Lee on my favorite podcast, Susie Larson Live. I love audible and this book was available. His truth telling, front line view and real life replay was heart wrenching and soul building. Can’t wait to hear more from this hero.