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.