Achilles in Vietnam : Combat Trauma and the Undoing of Character by Jonathan Shay, Jonathan Shay

Achilles in Vietnam : Combat Trauma and the Undoing of Character

Jonathan Shay, Jonathan Shay

272 pages digital 1994

4 editions

nonfiction history psychology challenging informative slow-paced
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"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 [PTSD]. Although the Iliad ...

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