War and the Soul: Healing Our Nation's Veterans from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder30 reviews Edward Tick Quest Books, 2005 Recommended to all readers! + War is not fun + Great book + Illuminating and hopefull + Not for everyone, heavy on history but excellent read             The Ground Truth35 reviews Herod Noel, Charles Anderson Universal Studios, 2006 Everyone American should see this movie + Essential truths + Reality Check of Iraq War + One sided has got nothing to do with it...             Post-traumatic and Acute Stress Disorders: The Latest Assessment and Treatment Strategies2 reviews Matthew J. Friedman Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2006 Post-Traumatic and Acute Stress Disorders + Good Introduction, Good Update & Review.... This book answers a need in our library for the subject of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder and treatment. It will be used by our Allied Health Dept for nursing students who study psychology as it relates to nursing practice. Other students who have an interest in the topic would also benefit from ...             War Is a Force that Gives Us Meaning114 reviews Chris Hedges Anchor, 2003 An important, disturbing and timely book + Hawk or Dove: Read this book + Illuminating + A Powerful Book That Should Be Required Reading + Interesting theory             An Operators Manual for Combat PTSD: Essays for Coping9 reviews Ashley B., II Hart Writer's Showcase Press, 2000 Very helpful + Excellent and Practical PTSD book + I thought my book was good + PTSD + Amazingly perceptive             Perpetration-Induced Traumatic Stress: The Psychological Consequences of Killing2 reviews Rachel M MacNair Authors Choice Press, 2005 A look at a different kind of trauma + Fascinating read Everyone knows that suffering violence can cause post traumatic stress in a human being. This unique and fascinating book looks into post traumatic stress in those who do the violence. It looks into persons involved in doing violence in various settings - combat veterans, executioners, Nazis and ...             The New American Militarism: How Americans Are Seduced by War63 reviews Andrew J. Bacevich Oxford University Press, USA, 2006 The New Militarism + A Panaramic Analysis of American Militarism. + The Danger in having a voluntary Army in an Empire Nation + conservative rightist critisizes with facts + Insightful and provocative.             This Man's Army6 reviews Andrew Exum Gotham, 2005 An American soldier in Afghanistan + The background and training of an Army Officer + Entertaining and true + Front line memoir + No job harder...             While They're at War: The True Story of American Families on the Homefront35 reviews Kristin Henderson Houghton Mifflin, 2006 great book! + A Military Wife + Fantastic and helpful read + army wife in the house!!!! + Every American should read this book             Courage After Fire: Coping Strategies for Troops Returning from Iraq and Afghanistan and Their Families13 reviews Keith Armstrong, Suzanne Best, ... Ulysses Press, 2005 Compelling and pragmatic + Down Range: To Iraq and Back + 2 tours and it nearly killed me + Great Book             What Was Asked of Us: An Oral History of the Iraq War by the Soldiers Who Fought It20 reviews Trish Wood Little, Brown and Company, 2006 American soldiers in Iraq tell their own stories . . . + Inside the Uniform + If You're Looking for a Good Book about the Iraq War... + What Was Asked of Us + important and painful reading . .             Trained to Kill: Soldiers at War2 reviews Theodore Nadelson The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005 Another MUST READ for therapists working with combat veterans + A Book That Every Conscious Citizen should Read This is an amazing description of what people experience when they are taught to kill and have to go into combat. Very rich with details that come from decades of work with Vietnam veterans. If you have read On Killing, you have to read this book.             On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society162 reviews Dave Grossman Back Bay Books, 1996 An eye opening read + on combat + Must read for the military or police. + Good but the second book is much better             Surviving Deployment: A Guide for Military Families27 reviews Karen M. Pavlicin Elva Resa Publishing, 2003 Getting through it + Ideas, lists and a time line + If you are a young military family, buy this book. This is a very down to earth book with good insight. While my husband has deployed before the longest was only for 3 months so this is our first real long term deployment. We were station in the middle of the state with no local military families like we usually have and far away from family so ...             The War Tapes9 reviews Ben Flanders, Brandon Wilkins Docurama, 2007 Reality check + An amazing feat of truth- and story-telling + RAW & UNCUT..The best Documentary on IRAQ Conflict I just saw this on the military channel and am buying the DVD. Brilliant telling of a very human story. Great Americans, by which I mean honest decent men, with strong convictions, performing a nasty mission on behalf of their country and more importantly their fellow soldiers. You can't go ...             A War of Nerves: Soldiers and Psychiatrists in the Twentieth Century2 reviews Ben Shephard Harvard University Press, 2003 A Must Read + Well recommended history of war psychology Any person interested in traumatic neurosis should read this book. It is meticulously researched, clearly written, and presents a balanced report of the struggles of the military psychiatrists of the 20th century to deal with the dilemma of war and its impact on soldiers. Any therapist, soldier, ...             Wounded: Vietnam/Iraq6 reviews Ronald J. Glasser George Braziller, 2006 Gives the lie to to the low American mortality figures in Iraq. + Wounded + A sober, well-reasoned, "must-read" about the evolving state of combat medicine and the long-term repercussions of war wounds. + A must read, if you care for a veteran of either Vietnam or Iraq. + Incredible, Thought Provoking Story About Our Soldiers             Fallujah, with Honor; First Battalion, Eighth Marine's Role in Operation Phantom Fury; Expanded 2nd Edition16 reviews Gary Livingston Caisson Press, 2006 I was 1/8 Weapons Company In Fallujah step by step with book! + Fallujah With Honor Anyone that wasn't with us in this battle will never understand! These words are great and the Author brings in great detail. War is confusing and hell, and this book allows readers to understand 1/8's battle. This is only the beginning about the story of Fallujah. Black Hawk Down was a very ...             Chasing Ghosts: A Soldier's Fight for America from Baghdad to Washington141 reviews Paul Rieckhoff NAL Hardcover, 2006 An important read. + Just the truth + Short and Simple + Thought-Provoking and Intelligent + An Emotional and Patriotic Look at the Truth             What Every Person Should Know About War15 reviews Chris Hedges Free Press, 2003 Reading between the lines... + stocking stuffer idea for teenage boys + Publisher's Weekly review gets it wrong + The Real ...