Description
In this ambitious follow-up to Achilles in Vietnam, Dr. Jonathan Shay uses the Odyssey, the story of a soldier's homecoming, to illuminate the pitfalls that trap many veterans on the road back to civilian life.Seamlessly combining important psychological work and brilliant literary interpretation with an impassioned plea to renovate American military institutions, Shay deepens our understanding of both the combat veteran's experience and one of the world's greatest classics.
Author: Jonathan Shay
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
Published: 11/25/2003
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.74lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.40w x 1.20d
ISBN13: 9780743211574
ISBN10: 074321157X
BISAC Categories:
- Psychology | Psychopathology | Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- History | Military | Veterans
- History | Wars & Conflicts | Vietnam War
Author: Jonathan Shay
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
Published: 11/25/2003
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.74lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.40w x 1.20d
ISBN13: 9780743211574
ISBN10: 074321157X
BISAC Categories:
- Psychology | Psychopathology | Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- History | Military | Veterans
- History | Wars & Conflicts | Vietnam War
About the Author
Jonathan Shay is a Boston-area psychiatrist whose patients are Vietnam combat veterans with severe, chronic post-traumatic stress disorder in the Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic. He is also on the faculty of Tufts Medical School. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.