Achilles In Vietnam. Combat Trauma And The Undoing Of Character

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Touchstone
Publisher Place: New York
Publisher Year: 1995
Edition: First Edition

Description: 246 pages. Book is in general good condition. There is some light reading wear present, but still a presentable copy.

Publishers Description: In this strikingly original and groundbreaking book, Dr. Shay examines the psychological devastation of war by comparing the soldiers of Homers 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.

ISBN: 9780684813219