No Place to Hide

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

De: W. Lee Warren

Narrado por: Chip Arnold, Henry O. Arnold

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

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!

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.

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!

Transparency

To some degree or another we are all living in our own reality. What will it take to bring us out of this false narrative to truly live our best life with the help of God.