Achilles in Vietnam

Achilles in Vietnam: Combat Trauma and the Undoing of Character Paperback – October 1, 1995 by Jonathan Shay (Author).

An original and groundbreaking book that examines the psychological devastation of war by comparing the soldiers of Homer’s Iliad with Vietnam veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.

In this moving, dazzlingly creative book, Dr. Shay examines the psychological devastation of war by comparing the soldiers of Homer’s Iliad with Vietnam veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.

A classic of war literature that has as much relevance as ever in the wake of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, it is a “transcendent literary adventure” (The New York Times) and “clearly one of the most original and most important scholarly works to have emerged from the Vietnam War” (Tim O’Brien, author of The Things They Carried).

Product details

• Format Paperback | 246 pages
• Dimensions 140 x 213 x 17.27mm | 254g
• Publication date 01 Oct 1995
• Publisher SIMON & SCHUSTER
• Imprint POCKET BOOKS
• Publication City/Country New York, United States
• Language English
• Edition Statement Touchstone ed
• Illustrations note NOTES, BIBLIO
• ISBN10 0684813211
• ISBN13 9780684813219