Neither Red Nor Dead (aláírt példány)

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"Stevo Julius had lived through tumultuous times in Yugoslavia during the Second World War and immediately afterwards. In reading this account I have been exhilarated to learn that my friend and colleague of many years was not just a survivor but a hero and astute observer of dramatic events that most of us have heard about only second-hand. What makes this story so wonderful, is that this young physician from what was then called Yugoslavia was to become a world-renowned professor at the University of Michigan, whose pivotal research and discoveries have strongly influenced our understanding of heart disease."
Michael Weber MD
Professor of Medicine, Downstate Medical College, New York Former President of American Society of Hypertension
"Stevo Julius has always been an original and imaginative medical investigator while maintaining a clear focus on what is really important in life. The source of his inspiration is beautifully described in this book."
Norman Kaplan MD... Tovább

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"Stevo Julius had lived through tumultuous times in Yugoslavia during the Second World War and immediately afterwards. In reading this account I have been exhilarated to learn that my friend and colleague of many years was not just a survivor but a hero and astute observer of dramatic events that most of us have heard about only second-hand. What makes this story so wonderful, is that this young physician from what was then called Yugoslavia was to become a world-renowned professor at the University of Michigan, whose pivotal research and discoveries have strongly influenced our understanding of heart disease."
Michael Weber MD
Professor of Medicine, Downstate Medical College, New York Former President of American Society of Hypertension
"Stevo Julius has always been an original and imaginative medical investigator while maintaining a clear focus on what is really important in life. The source of his inspiration is beautifully described in this book."
Norman Kaplan MD
Professor of Medicine, University of Texas, Southwestern Medical School, Dallas
"This is a wonderful piece. The story is told in a spirited, humane voice, which conveys very well the richness as well as the danger of the time. There are many vivid and unforgettable moments in it."
Thomas Trautmann PhD, Marshal Sahlins Collegiate Professor of History and Anthropology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
The Author, raised in a non-practicing Jewish family, is 12 years old when the Germans occupy former Yugoslavia. His family hides in a small village and eventually joins Tito's guerrilla. At 14 years of age he is appointed as a military courier, given an outdated Italian gun, and sent to roam alone through mountains, forests, and small villages of Croatia. After the war, just when things start to look better, his father breaks down under the Communist pressure and the author is forced to take refuge again.
This is a story of how a youngster coped with the dangers of Fascism and Communism and how extraordinary events can bring out the worst and the best in ordinary people. How the author, to keep himself sane in the turmoil, learned to see the funny side of things, to understand what makes people tick, to keep both eyes open, and when the going got really rough—to recite poetry. This is also a story of two brothers who, facing same difficulties, became very different adults and how a son unwittingly repeated some of his father's history. Vissza