{"product_id":"achilles-in-vietnam-combat-trauma-and-the-undoing-of-character-paperback","title":"Achilles in Vietnam: Combat Trauma and the Undoing of Character - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJonathan Shay\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn original and groundbreaking book that examines the psychological devastation of war by comparing the soldiers of Homer's Iliad with Vietnam veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.In this moving, dazzlingly creative 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. A classic of war literature that has as much relevance as ever in the wake of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, it 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).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJonathan Shay, MD, PhD, a MacArthur Fellow, is a clinical psychiatrist whose treatment of combat trauma suffered by Vietnam veterans has deepened understanding of the effects of warfare on the individual. He worked as Veterans Affairs psychiatrist at the VA Outpatient Clinic in Boston, Massachusetts, for twenty years. His work on moral injury is found in his books, \u003ci\u003eAchilles in Vietnam: Combat Trauma and the Undoing of Character\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOdysseus in America: Combat Trauma and the Trials of Homecoming\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2018, Volunteers of America established The Shay Moral Injury Center, named in his honor and dedicated to furthering knowledge about moral injury in the many populations who experience it. He lives in the Boston area.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.68 x 8.41 x 5.53 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 1995\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45863194329285,"sku":"9780684813219","price":26.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/w_z-mCXy7n9780684813219.webp?v=1781271037","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/achilles-in-vietnam-combat-trauma-and-the-undoing-of-character-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}