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Childers, Thomas, 1946-
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Gold, Michael.
Allen, Willis.
Childers, Tom.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans -- United States.
Veterans -- Mental health -- United States.
Veterans -- United States -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Psychological aspects.
Post-traumatic stress disorder.
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Childers, Thomas, 1946-
Gold, Michael.
Allen, Willis.
Childers, Tom.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans -- United States.
Veterans -- Mental health -- United States.
Veterans -- United States -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Psychological aspects.
Post-traumatic stress disorder.
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Soldier from the
war
returning : the greatest generation's troubled homecoming from
World
War
II / Thomas Childers.
by
Childers, Thomas, 1946-
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009.
Call #:
940.531 C536s
Subjects
Gold, Michael.
Allen, Willis.
Childers, Tom.
World
War
,
1939-1945
--
Veterans
--
United
States
.
Veterans
--
Mental health
--
United
States
.
Veterans
--
United
States
--
Social conditions
--
20th century.
World
War
,
1939-1945
--
Psychological aspects.
Post-traumatic stress disorder.
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ISBN:
9780618773688
0618773681
Description:
340 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-325) and index.
Summary:
One of our great national myths surrounds the men and women who fought in
World
War
II. The Greatest Generation, we're told, fought heroically, then returned to America happy, healthy and well-adjusted. They quickly and cheerfully went on with rebuilding their lives. Here, historian Thomas Childers shatters that myth. He interweaves the intimate story of three families--including his own--with a decade's worth of research to paint an entirely new picture of the
war
's aftermath. Drawing on government documents, interviews, oral histories and diaries, he reveals that 10,000
veterans
a month were being diagnosed with psycho-neurotic disorder (now known as PTSD). Alcoholism, homelessness, and unemployment were rampant, leading to a skyrocketing divorce rate. Many
veterans
bounced back, but their struggle has been lost in a wave of nostalgia that threatens to undermine a new generation of returning soldiers. This book is a stark reminder that the price of
war
is unimaginably high.--From publisher description.
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