In December 2005, the Brooke Army Medical center (BAMC) in San Antonio opened a new amputation center to accommodate the alarming influx of wounded soldiers from Iraq.  Since the beginning of the war, over 17,000 U.S. soldiers have been seriously wounded, 7,000 of which will never be able to return to duty.

In Wounded Ronald J. Glasser, M.D., who served as an Army hospital physician during the Vietnam War, offers an unparalleled description of the horror endured daily by our troops on the ground.  In this critical analysis, the focus in on our wounded soldiers, from the initial cause of injury on to the long road of recovery.  Throughout, Glasser draws significant and frightening comparisons between our medical experiences in Vietnam and Iraq.

With over 17,000 American troops and 100,000 Iraqi already injured, Wounded is tragically relevant.  This timely account—a powerful reminder of the physical, financial, and psychological costs of war—will only grow more important as soldiers continue to return home.

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