Preemptive Love : pursuing peace one heart at a time /

Courtney, Jeremy,

Preemptive Love : pursuing peace one heart at a time / [print] Jeremy Courtney. - First Howard books hardcover edition.ition. - New York : Howard Books, a division of Simon and Schuster, Incorporated, (c)2013. - x, 229 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm



Chai in an Iraqi hotel -- The sky rained death -- The Iranian bard and his beautiful shoes -- Buy shoes, save lives -- Fatwa -- The sheikh -- A Turkish soldier surgeon helps us by serving his enemies -- "Anyone but the Turks!" -- Facing down death -- My brother, Awara -- One father decides to kill us all -- Betrayal -- Running for cover -- The remedy.

The founder of the Preemptive Love Coalition, an organization based in Iraq that provides heart surgeries to Iraqi children and trains local doctors and nurses, presents an account of lifesaving and peacemaking in this war-torn country.



9781476733463 9781476733470

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Courtney, Jeremy.


Preemptive Love Coalition.


Charities, Medical--Iraq.
Cardiology--Iraq.
Non-governmental organizations--Iraq.
Iraq War, 2003-2011.
Postwar reconstruction--Iraq.

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