My private war : liberated body, captive mind : a World War II POW's journey / Norman Bussel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bussel, Norman.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American.

World War, 1939-1945.

Post-traumatic stress disorder.

Genre:

Personal narratives -- American.

Autobiographies.

Personal narratives.

Physical Description:

x, 310 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First Pegasus Books edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Pegasus Books : Distributed by W.W. Norton, 2008.

Contents:

Chapter 1 "Big B," 1944 1

Chapter 2 In Uniform, 1942 10

Chapter 3 Keesler Field 13

Chapter 4 Scott Field 19

Chapter 5 Laredo 36

Chapter 6 Memphis 43

Chapter 7 The Crew 47

Chapter 8 Queen Liz 76

Chapter 9 Germany: A Descent into Hell 95

Chapter 10 Frankfurt am Main 109

Chapter 11 Luft IV 117

Chapter 12 The Winter of Our Discontent 147

Chapter 13 Christmas 155

Chapter 14 Nuremberg: On Less than Ten Calories a Day 160

Chapter 15 Escape 167

Chapter 16 Homecoming 193

Chapter 17 Coping 211

Chapter 18 A Bite of the Big Apple 226

Chapter 19 From Generalist to Journalist 232

Chapter 20 The Ecstasy and the Agony 241

Chapter 21 POWs Healing POWs 257

Chapter 22 My PTSD and My Family: The Effect in Retrospect 266

Chapter 23 POW Profile 273

Chapter 24 Captive Mind: Freedom... But Not Release 281

Chapter 25 Rattlesden Revisited 291.

ISBN:

1605980153

9781605980157

OCLC:

227016500