Invisible Scars Of War

Author : Stephen J. Weiss
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780368220890
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Invisible Scars of War written by Stephen J. Weiss and published by . This book was released on 2019-01-31 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1st-hand account of a "boy" combat soldier in WWII, written to take you directly to the chaos of the front line. Stephen Weiss is one of a minority of infantry soldiers to survive World War II and the ongoing mental anguish (PTSD) that affects war veterans, and who lives to make peace with the post war world.

Author : Dick Hatten
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781732741003
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.0X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Invisible Scars of War written by Dick Hatten and published by . This book was released on 2018-09-30 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A riveting memoir about moral injury and a veteran's struggle with participation in an immoral war. The development of a moral code is traced from a Chicago neighborhood, through seminary and ultimately to the circuitous journey to ordained ministry. This is a narrative about faith and healing that is a compelling story that has broad appeal.

Author : Meghan Fitzpatrick
Publisher : University of British Columbia Press
ISBN 13 : 9780774834780
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Invisible Scars written by Meghan Fitzpatrick and published by University of British Columbia Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Korean War (1950-53), was a ferocious and brutal conflict that produced over four million casualties in the span of three short years. Despite this, it remains relatively absent from most accounts of mental health and war trauma. Invisible Scars provides the first extended exploration of Commonwealth Division psychiatry during the Korean War and examines the psychiatric care systems in place for the thousands of soldiers who fought in that conflict. Fitzpatrick demonstrates that although Commonwealth forces were generally successful in returning psychologically traumatized servicemen to duty and fostering good morale, they failed to compensate or support in a meaningful way veterans returning to civilian life. Moreover, ignorance at home contributed to widespread misunderstanding of their condition, and veterans were often deprived of public space in which to grieve. This book offers an intimate look into the history of psychological trauma and assesses the impact of the Korean War on the development of military psychiatry. In addition, it engages with current disability, pensions and compensation issues that remain hotly contested and reflects on the power of commemoration in the healing process."--

Author : Meghan Fitzpatrick
Publisher : UBC Press
ISBN 13 : 9780774834803
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Invisible Scars written by Meghan Fitzpatrick and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2017-06-22 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Invisible Scars provides the first extended exploration of Commonwealth Division psychiatry during the Korean War and the psychiatric-care systems in place for the thousands of soldiers who fought in that conflict. Fitzpatrick demonstrates that although Commonwealth forces were generally successful in returning psychologically traumatized servicemen to duty, they failed to compensate or support in a meaningful way veterans returning to civilian life. Moreover, ignorance at home contributed to widespread misunderstanding of their condition. This book offers an intimate look into the history of psychological trauma. In addition, it engages with current disability, pensions, and compensation issues that remain hotly contested.

Author : Marguerite Guzman Bouvard
Publisher : Prometheus Books
ISBN 13 : 1616145536
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Invisible Wounds of War written by Marguerite Guzman Bouvard and published by Prometheus Books. This book was released on 2012 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The lingering impact of the longest wars in our nation's history is examined in this thoughtful work based on numerous interviews with veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan and their families.

Author : Bart P. Billings
Publisher : Documeant Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781937801854
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Invisible Scars written by Bart P. Billings and published by Documeant Publishing. This book was released on 2017 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this tell all book, Dr. Billings chronicles the VA & the Military's decision to use brain/mind altering medications for residual effects of combat stress, why they do it, the effects on veterans/soldiers, and how new integrative treatment programs are helping vets return to normal, healthy lives, without brain/mind altering psych medications.

Author : Hilmi I. Mavioglu
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1532051204
Total Pages : 165 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Invisible Scars written by Hilmi I. Mavioglu and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2018-06-16 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is my fourth book of epic poems. This books characters, historical events, and geographical locations are fictitious. They may be parallel to reality, or they are not of reality itself.

Author : Tom Voss
Publisher : New World Library
ISBN 13 : 1608685993
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Where War Ends written by Tom Voss and published by New World Library. This book was released on 2019-10-29 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Iraq War veteran's riveting journey from suicidal despair to hope After serving in a scout-sniper platoon in Mosul, Tom Voss came home carrying invisible wounds of war — the memory of doing or witnessing things that went against his fundamental beliefs. This was not a physical injury that could heal with medication and time but a "moral injury" — a wound to the soul that eventually urged him toward suicide. Desperate for relief from the pain and guilt that haunted him, Voss embarked on a 2,700-mile journey across America, walking from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to the Pacific Ocean with a fellow veteran. Readers walk with these men as they meet other veterans, Native American healers, and spiritual teachers who appear in the most unexpected forms. At the end of their trek, Voss realizes he is really just beginning his healing. He pursues meditation training and discovers sacred breathing techniques that shatter his understanding of war and himself, and move him from despair to hope. Voss's story will give inspiration to veterans, their friends and family, and survivors of all kinds.

Author : Anuk Arudpragasam
Publisher : Hogarth
ISBN 13 : 059323071X
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Passage North written by Anuk Arudpragasam and published by Hogarth. This book was released on 2021-07-13 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE • A young man journeys into Sri Lanka’s war-torn north in this searing novel of longing, loss, and the legacy of war from the author of The Story of a Brief Marriage. “A novel of tragic power and uncommon beauty.”—Anthony Marra “One of the most individual minds of their generation.”—Financial Times NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY TIME AND NPR A Passage North begins with a message from out of the blue: a telephone call informing Krishan that his grandmother’s caretaker, Rani, has died under unexpected circumstances—found at the bottom of a well in her village in the north, her neck broken by the fall. The news arrives on the heels of an email from Anjum, an impassioned yet aloof activist Krishnan fell in love with years before while living in Delhi, stirring old memories and desires from a world he left behind. As Krishan makes the long journey by train from Colombo into the war-torn Northern Province for Rani’s funeral, so begins an astonishing passage into the innermost reaches of a country. At once a powerful meditation on absence and longing, as well as an unsparing account of the legacy of Sri Lanka’s thirty-year civil war, this procession to a pyre “at the end of the earth” lays bare the imprints of an island’s past, the unattainable distances between who we are and what we seek. Written with precision and grace, Anuk Arudpragasam’s masterful novel is an attempt to come to terms with life in the wake of devastation, and a poignant memorial for those lost and those still living.

Author : Jess Ruliffson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781683961901
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Invisible Wounds written by Jess Ruliffson and published by . This book was released on 2022-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past five years, Jess Ruliffson has traveled across the country interviewing veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars, from kitchen tables in Georgia and libraries in New York City to dive bars in Mississippi and back porches in Vermont. Ruliffson shares the stories of men, women, and non-binary people who struggle to reconcile their wartime experiences with their postwar lives. Identity lies at the heart of these stories, as they grapple with their gender, their race, and the brutality they've witnessed and caused. In this compassionate book, Ruliffson reveals how America's endless entanglement in wars have affected the psyches of the people who wage them. She finds that the real experience of is a far cry from depictions in popular media like Zero Dark Thirty or American Sniper.