"I came to Vietnam as a first lieutenant in the United States Air Force in the summer of 1963 for a 14-month tour of duty. Only a few months after my arrival, the coup events recorded here took place toppling Ngo Dinh Diem's Saigon regime, followed in a few weeks by the assassination of President Kennedy. In this book I will not attempt to give either a public history of the Vietnam War, or a private history of my own time there, but only a little flavor of my life leading up to the coup, and then the original diary notes, more or less verbatim, recording the terrible night of the coup...

Widely acclaimed for its outstanding step-by-step illustrations, comprehensive coverage, and reader-friendly format, Textbook of Pediatric Emergency Procedures is now in its thoroughly updated Second Edition. In 137 chapters, the book provides clear, complete instructions on every emergency medicine procedure performed on infants, children, and adolescents. More than 1,000 detailed drawings, most in two-color, show how to perform each procedure. This edition includes a new chapter on new technologies and techniques for managing the difficult airway. Other new topics include use of tissue...