Compares the experiences of soldiers in the Vietnam war with those in the Trojan War, and examines how the stresses of combat affect the individual soldier.
This "brilliant successor to the groundbreaking Achilles in Vietnam" (Richard Rhodes, author of "The Making of the Atomic Bomb") examines the problems faced by combat veterans reentering civilian society through a unique allegorical reading of Homer's "The Odyssey."
Dr. Shay has spent the past several years treating Vietnam-combat veterans afflicted with post-traumatic stress disorder. He has come to see an overwhelming and undeniable similarity to the experience of soldiers in Homer's Iliad, including Achilles' shrinking moral and social world and his feelings of betrayal and being "already dead".
Binding: Wrappers
Publisher: Riverside, CA, 1996
Date Published: 1996
Description: Very Good. No Jacket (Paperback) Oblong 8vo. 134 pp., color illustrations throughout. Film special effects journal. Also articles on Aftershocks, Flipper and Gulliver's Travels. Light handling and edgewear to wrappers, small scuff on front, corners lightly bumped. read more
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