Old Tappan, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Touchstone Book, Date: 1995. First Thus . Trade Paperback. Fine. Trade paperback, glossy pale brown wrappers, a color photo of battle scene on front, a statue of Achilles in background, praise at top front from Vietnam soldier and writer Tim O'Brien, more praise on back from Herbert Mitgang and others, 246 slightly browned but supple pages. Fine. 1995. Touchstone Book ISBN 0684813211 9780684813219 [US]

ISBN10: 0684813211, ISBN13: 9780684813219, [publisher: Simon & Schuster] Softcover 1995. Touchstone ed. Paperback. . . . . .
[Galway, GY, Ireland] [Publication Year: 1995]

ISBN10: 0684813211, ISBN13: 9780684813219, [publisher: Simon & Schuster Okt 1995] Softcover Neuware - In diesem bemerkenswerten Buch untersucht der amerikanische Psychiater Jonathan Shay die seelischen Verwüstungen, die der moderne Krieg im Menschen anrichtet, indem er die Aussagen seiner Patienten mit denen in Homers Ilias vergleicht. Seine Patienten sind ehemalige Vietnamkämpfer, die an schweren posttraumatischen Störungen leiden; die Ilias beschreibt, wie der Krieger Achill aus Trauer über den Tod seines Freundes Patroklos 'zum Berserker' wird. Wie entsteht ein Verhalten, das den modernen Soldaten wie den historischen Krieger die zivilisatorischen Hüllen abstreifen läßt Wie kommt es, daß es ihm nach Beendigung der kriegerischen Ausnahmesituation oft unmöglich ist, sich wieder in 'normalen Verhältnissen' zurechtzufinden Für Shay hat das posttraumatische Syndrom seine Ursache in der Regel nicht so sehr im grausigen Kriegsgeschehen selbst, sondern in einer Art moralischer Entgrenzung, die der Soldat erlebt, wenn zudem seiner sittlichen Wertordnung zuwidergehandelt wird, w enn das verletzt wird, was - ungeachtet kriegsbedingter Gewalt - 'recht ist'. Die Verletzung dessen, was 'recht ist', scheint die Verletzung einer Grenze zu bedeuten, die nötig wäre, damit der Soldat seine psychische Verbindung zu einem Status außerhalb des Krieges nicht verliert. 'Schwere psychische Schäden haben ihren Ursprung in der ...
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New York: Simon & Schuster, Date: 1995. 1st Edition . Soft cover. New. NEW. FIRST EDITION. Will ship within 24-48 hours. 1995. Simon & Schuster ISBN 0684813211 9780684813219 [US]

ISBN10: 0684813211, ISBN13: 9780684813219, [publisher: Simon & Schuster] Softcover 1995. Touchstone ed. Paperback. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.
[Olney, MD, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1995]

ISBN10: 0684813211, ISBN13: 9780684813219, [publisher: Simon & Schuster, New York] Softcover Paperback. An original and groundbreaking examination of the psychological devastation of war through the lens of Homer's Iliad in this "compassionate book [that] deserves a place in the lasting literature of the Vietnam War" (The New York Times). In this moving and dazzlingly creative book, Dr. Jonathan Shay examines the psychological devastation of war by comparing the soldiers of Homer's Iliad with Vietnam veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. A classic of war literature that has as much relevance as ever in the wake of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Achilles in Vietnam is a "transcendent literary adventure" (The New York Times) and "clearly one of the most original and most important scholarly works to have emerged from the Vietnam War" (Tim O'Brien, author of The Things They Carried). As a Veterans Affairs psychiatrist, Shay encountered devastating stories of unhealed PTSD and uncovered the painful paradox--that fighting for one's country can render one unfit to be a citizen. With a sensitive and compassionate examination of the battles many Vietnam veterans continue to fight, Shay offers readers a greater understanding of PTSD and how to alleviate the potential suffering of soldiers. Although the Iliad was written twenty-seven centuries ago, Shay shows how it has much to teach about combat ...
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ISBN10: 0684813211, ISBN13: 9780684813219, [publisher: Simon & Schuster, New York] Softcover Paperback. An original and groundbreaking examination of the psychological devastation of war through the lens of Homer's Iliad in this "compassionate book [that] deserves a place in the lasting literature of the Vietnam War" (The New York Times). In this moving and dazzlingly creative book, Dr. Jonathan Shay examines the psychological devastation of war by comparing the soldiers of Homer's Iliad with Vietnam veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. A classic of war literature that has as much relevance as ever in the wake of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Achilles in Vietnam is a "transcendent literary adventure" (The New York Times) and "clearly one of the most original and most important scholarly works to have emerged from the Vietnam War" (Tim O'Brien, author of The Things They Carried). As a Veterans Affairs psychiatrist, Shay encountered devastating stories of unhealed PTSD and uncovered the painful paradox--that fighting for one's country can render one unfit to be a citizen. With a sensitive and compassionate examination of the battles many Vietnam veterans continue to fight, Shay offers readers a greater understanding of PTSD and how to alleviate the potential suffering of soldiers. Although the Iliad was written twenty-seven centuries ago, Shay shows how it has much to teach about combat ...
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