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13. Jan. 2008 · The images of the embattled inner-city cop whose precinct is a war zone, and of the specialized "tactical" unit, both suggest similarities. Many combat veterans have, in fact, joined the civilian...
25. Nov. 2003 · Odysseus in America: Combat Trauma and the Trials of Homecoming. Paperback – November 25, 2003. 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.
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- Max Cleland, John McCain, Jonathan Shay
- $14.69
- Scribner
12. Okt. 2022 · The Odyssey, Shay argues, offers explicit portrayals of behavior common among returning soldiers in our own culture -- danger-seeking, womanizing, explosive violence, drug abuse, visitation by the dead, obsession, vagrancy, and homelessness.
1. Jan. 2002 · 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.
- (474)
- Paperback
The "Odyssey," Shay argues, offers explicit portrayals of behavior common among returning soldiers in our own culture -- danger-seeking, womanizing, explosive violence, drug abuse, visitation by...
- the University of Michigan
- Jonathan Shay
- Scribner, 2002
Both works use of Homer’s writings to address Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) or as the author would rather call it, combat trauma, particularly among Vietnam Veterans. In Odysseus in America, Shay uses the Odyssey to explore the issues of the reintegration of combat soldiers into civilian life. Shay is not, nor does he pretend to be ...
5. Nov. 2002 · Jonathan Shay examines The Odyssey and discovers that Odysseus’ adventures look a lot like the symptoms of what the authors now call posttraumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, which culminates in a plea for changing the way the US military organizes itself to fight a war.
