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The invisible wounds of war : coming home from Iraq and Afghanistan / Marguerite Guzman Bouvard.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bouvard, Marguerite Guzman, 1937-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Veterans--United States.
- Veterans.
- Psychological aspects.
- United States.
- Afghan War, 2001-2021--Psychological aspects.
- Afghan War, 2001-2021.
- Iraq War, 2003-2011--Psychological aspects.
- Iraq War, 2003-2011.
- Afghan War, 2001-2021--Veterans--United States.
- Iraq War, 2003-2011--Veterans--United States.
- Families of military personnel--United States.
- Families of military personnel.
- Veterans--Services for--United States.
- Veterans--Services for.
- Post-traumatic stress disorder--United States.
- Post-traumatic stress disorder.
- United States--Armed Forces--Military life.
- Armed Forces.
- Physical Description:
- 245 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Other Title:
- Coming home from Iraq and Afghanistan
- Place of Publication:
- Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2012.
- Summary:
- The lingering impact of the longest wars in our nation's history is examined in this thoughtful work based on numerous interviews with veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan and their families.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan: Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom: A volunteer army ; Iraq ; Afghanistan ; Drawdown in Iraq ; Drawdown in Afghanistan ; The media
- Homecoming and parallel lives: Women warriors ; Family trauma ; Taking space
- Mothers of servicemen and servicewomen
- Spouses and children of servicemen and servicewomen
- The high rate of success: The facts ; The suicide of spouses ; People, not statistics ; Noah Charles Pierce ; Jeff Lucey ; The suffering of families
- Healthcare: Women warriors ; Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington DC ; Home base at the Massachusetts General Hospital ; Project Share ; Burgeoning charities ; Criminal behavior
- Hidden grief: Why we grieve alone ; Minimizing the losses servicemen and servicewomen experience ; Anger and grief ; The grief of returning with mental and physical disabilities ; Grief of the parents ; Children of servicemen and servicewomen ; The healing power of understanding
- Bridging the chasm: Social reintegration ; Writing ; Speaking the unspeakable ; Photography ; Theater of war ; The soldiers project ; Give and hour ; Always lost: a meditation on war
- Epilogue.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781616145538
- 1616145536
- 9781616145545
- 1616145544
- OCLC:
- 764387265
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