Title Shook over hell : post-traumatic stress, Vietnam, and the Civil War / Eric T. Dean, Jr.

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Location	Call No.	Status	OPAC Message	Public Note	Gift Note
Moore Stacks	RC552.P67 D434 1997	Available	---

Description	xi, 315 pages, 18 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Note	Revision of the author's thesis.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-310) and index.
Contents	ch. 1. "Unwelcome heroes": the agony of Vietnam -- ch. 2. "Every man has his breaking point": war and psychiatry -- ch. 3. "Dangled over Hell": the trauma of the Civil War -- ch. 4. "Gizzard full of sand": reactions to violence -- ch. 5. "For God's sake please help me": post-traumatic stress -- ch. 6. "Dying of nostalgia": official diagnoses -- ch. 7. "This must end sometime": the fate of the Civil War veteran -- ch. 8. "Tramping by night and day": Indiana veterans -- ch. 9. "I am glad I served my country": Vietnam reconsidered.
Subject	Vietnam War (1961-1975)
	Post-traumatic stress disorder.
	Post-traumatic stress disorder.
	Veterans.
	Mental health.
	United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Veterans -- Mental health.
	Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Veterans -- Mental health.
ISBN	0674806514 alkaline paper