Achilles in Vietnam: Combat Trauma and the Undoing of Character by Jonathan Shay

Achilles in Vietnam: Combat Trauma and the Undoing of Character

Jonathan Shay

8 hours, 45 minutes • first pub 1994 (editions)

nonfiction history psychology challenging informative slow-paced
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An original and groundbreaking book that examines the psychological devastation of war by comparing the soldiers of Homer's Iliad with Vietnam veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.In this moving, dazzlingly creative book, Dr. Sha...

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