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Achilles in Vietnam
Combat Trauma and the Undoing of Character
Author: Jonathan Shay
Narrator: David Strathairn
Unabridged: 8 hr 44 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Published: 12/18/2018
Category: Psychology
Synopsis
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 strikingly original and groundbreaking book, Dr. Shay examines the psychological devastation of war by comparing the soldiers of Homer’s Iliad with Vietnam veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. Although the Iliad was written twenty-seven centuries ago it has much to teach about combat trauma, as do the more recent, compelling voices and experiences of Vietnam vets.