common journey vietnam veterans

books:

Our Common Life
William, P Mahedy

Greyhound Books, 2007

The bestselling author of Out of the Night returns with a fresh look at the Augustinian approach to living in community. Father Bill Mahedy, an Episcopal priest, talks about how to "live in community" in a modern world with "on the run, in the rough" spiritual boot camp practices.

Out of the Night: The Spiritual Journey of Vietnam Veterans

1 review
William P. Mahedy

Stress Care Pr, 1997

Powerful Work of Spirituality
I describe this as a work of spirituality fully aware that it is much more than this. Mahedy's use of veterans' narrative - including his own story - is far from the kind of pious sentimentality or escapism that too often can be found in a book labeled as spirituality. As one trained in history, politics and theology, I was impressed by the masterful way in which Mahedy addresses the ...

Out Of The Night: The Spiritual Journey of Vietnam Vets

2 reviews
William P. Mahedy

Greyhound Books, 2005

Noble Cause to National Nightmare
"I read Mahedy's book in 1986 when it was first published. As a Vietnam Veteran who served in combat, I could relate to his analysis of us and the thinking of other vets he quotes in the book. When I arrived in Vietnam, I was convinced that the war was the "noble cause" President Reagan later proclaimed it to be. After returning home, I came to the realization that it was nothing of the kind; ...