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Achilles in Vietnam : combat trauma and the undoing of character by Jonathan Shay
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Achilles in Vietnam : combat trauma and the undoing of character

by Jonathan Shay

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berthirsch in Reading Globally : War Fiction (Aug 3, 2007, 11:09pm)

... Vietnam, the literature of war and its effects on the soldiers who suffer through...i highly recommend Jonathan Shay's Achilles in Vietnam...written by a clinician who treated Vietnam Vets with PTSD ;he compares and sources the The Iliad.thoughtful and universal in its scope. the Vietna ...

rjohara in Homer, the Trojan war, and pre-classical Greece : Odyssey v Iliad (May 6, 2007, 9:31pm)

Two vital works that may let you see the Iliad and Odyssey as you never have before are Achilles in Vietnam: Combat Trauma and the Undoing of Character and Odysseus in America: Combat Trauma and the Trials of Homecoming. I wrote a little piece applying some Classical comparisons to recent ...

Romanus in Military History : What are you reading this week? (02/26/2007) (Feb 26, 2007, 9:42am)

I have just started Shay's Achilles in Vietnam - very depressing, but fascinating nonetheless ...

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