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13. Jan. 2008 · But here Homer shows us the first way that combat soldiers lose their homecoming, having left the war zone physically—they may simply remain in combat mode, although not necessarily against...
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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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.
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 ...
- Jonathan Shay
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...
Seamlessly combining important psychological work and brilliant literary interpretation with an impassioned plea to renovate American military institutions, Shay deepens our understanding of both the combat veteran's experience and one of the world's greatest classics.
- Jonathan Shay
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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