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Sto caricando le informazioni... Odysseus in America: Combat Trauma and the Trials of Homecomingdi Jonathan Shay
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. A fascinating examination of the PTSD that affected the efforts of Homer's Odysseus to return home from the 10-year-long Trojan War, seen through the eyes of veterans of modern American conflicts (Vietnam, Gulf War I). Shay's account focuses on the contributions that feelings of abandonment and betrayal by trusted superiors and comrades make to the generation of PTSD in any specific person. ( ) In a world where Abu Ghraib, Operation Iraqi Freedom, and Guantanamo Bay are on the nightly news and where the U.S presidential race focused largely on the military records of the two candidates, Dr. Jonathan Shay's most recent book seems extremely timely. He uses the Odyssey to shed light on the challenges that soldiers face when returning to civilian society, and, in turn, he uses the experiences of Vietnam veterans to shed light on Homer's epic. He artfully melds literary criticism with social commentary, memoir with medical analysis, and he criticizes the effects of war in our society without dehumanizing the soldiers who take part in it. -Emily nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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