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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Childers, Thomas, 1946-     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.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Childers, Thomas, 1946-       by title:      Soldier from the war...       by call number:      940.531 C536s     Search the Web     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.       MARC Display

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. URL856 Contributor biographical information URL856 Publisher description 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. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Woodlawn Public Library Adult Nonfiction 940.531 C536s Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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