Product Details
Scribner, November 2003
Trade Paperback, 352 pages
ISBN-10: 074321157X
ISBN-13: 9780743211574
Description
In this ambitious follow-up to Achilles in Vietnam, Dr. Jonathan Shay uses the Odyssey, the story of a soldier's homecoming, to illuminate the pitfalls that trap many veterans on the road back to civilian life. Seamlessly combining important psycho- logical work and brilliant literary interpretation with an impassioned plea to renovate American military institutions, Shay deepens our understanding of both the combat veteran's experience and one of the world's greatest classics.
Richard Rhodes Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Why they Kill and The Making of the Atomic BombA brilliant successor to Shay's groundbreaking Achilles in Vietnam.
Library Journal[A] fresh take on a literary classic.
Thomas E. Ricks Defense correspondent, The Washington PostShould be read by anyone interested in the effects of combat on troops or in the meaning of Homer's works
-- and by everyone who wants to better understand today's United States.
Asa Baber Vietnam-era marine veteran and the Men columnist for PlayboyOne hell of a book. It is well written, honest, healing, and aimed at all of us who have trouble handling the stress of our crazy world.
Gregory Nagy Professor of classical Greek literature, Harvard UniversityA true American Odyssey.
Steven Pressfield Author of Gates of Fire and Last of the AmazonsJonathan Shay plumbs the Odysseus myth for healing, working the real-life agonies of his own clients at the V.A. in Boston into the wisdom left to us by Homer. An important book.
Lieutenant General Bernard E. Trainor USMC, retired, Marine Corps GazetteGroundbreaking work in understanding, preventing, and treating mental injuries....Leaders at all levels would profit from a journey with both Achilles and Odysseus. Homer and Jonathan Shay are excellent tour guides.
Brig. General Malham M. WakinUSAF Retired, professor emeritus, U.S. Air Force AcademyAnyone seriously concerned with developing ethical leadership and effectiveness in the military, in industry, and in education will benefit enormously from reading this seminal, useful work.
Jonathan Shay M.D.'s Books
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Achilles in VietnamIn this strikingly original and groundbreaking book, Dr. Shay examines the psychological devastation of war by comparing the soldiers of Homer's Iliad...Read More
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