| #3218191 in Books | 2006-05-15 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | .94 x6.42 x8.62l, | File type: PDF | 223 pages||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Best book on the intersection of politics, history, and the experience of war I've read.|By Steve D.|Until you read Coleman's insightful, well-researched, and well written book, you are missing the stories that have been hidden from view and that provide some of the key missing pieces to our national narratives about war and the effects of war on those who fight and on those wh|From Publishers Weekly|In this tautly argued study of the link between war-induced post-traumatic stress and suicide, Coleman writes, "It is only recently that I have begun to think of myself as a Vietnam War widow." Coleman's first husband, a fellow photographe
In the early 1970s, Penny Coleman married Daniel, a young Vietnam veteran and fellow photographer. Soon, Daniel became deeply troubled, falling victim to multiple addictions and becoming strangely insecure. He suffered from what we now call posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). After Coleman left him, he committed suicide.
Struggling to understand Daniel’s experience, Coleman began investigating the history of PTSD; she found clear cases of the disorder...
You easily download any file type for your gadget.Flashback: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Suicide, and the Lessons of War | Penny Coleman. Just read it with an open mind because none of us really know.
