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Killing from the inside out : moral injury and just war / Robert Emmet Meagher ; foreword by Stanley Hauerwas ; afterword by Jonathan Shay.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Meagher, Robert E., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- War--Moral and ethical aspects.
- War.
- War neuroses.
- Veterans--Mental health--United States.
- Veterans.
- Post-traumatic stress disorder.
- War--Psychological aspects.
- Just war doctrine.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (190 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Eugene, Oregon : Cascade Books, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Armies know all about killing. It is what they do, and ours does it more effectively than most. We are painfully coming to realize, however, that we are also especially good at killing our own ""from the inside out,"" silently, invisibly. In every major war since Korea, more of our veterans have taken their lives than have lost them in combat. The latest research, rooted in veteran testimony, reveals that the most severe and intractable PTSD--fraught with shame, despair, and suicide--stems from ""moral injury.""But how can there be rampant moral injury in what our military, our government, our
- Contents:
- Pages:1 to 25; Pages:26 to 50; Pages:51 to 75; Pages:76 to 100; Pages:101 to 125; Pages:126 to 150; Pages:151 to 175; Pages:176 to 190
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781630874520
- 1630874523
- OCLC:
- 951975474
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