War and the Soul Healing Our Nation's

This book teaches how truly to heal war trauma in veterans, their families, and our communities. Drawing on history, mythology, and soldiers' stories from World War I to Iraq, it affirms the deep damage war does to the psyche and addresses how to reclaim the sould from war's hell.

Acknowledgments

xi

Introduction

1

(10)

Part I THE SOUL IN WAR

War, Trauma, and Soul

11

(14)

The Mythic Arena of War

25

(20)

War as a Rite of Passage

45

(18)

Ancient Myth and Modern War

63

(16)

The Soul in Slaughter

79

(18)

Part II FROM MYTH TO REALITY

Inside PTSD: Identity and Soul Wound

97

(22)

Eros and Aesthetics in Hell

119

(16)

Relations with the Missing and the Dead

135

(16)

The Soul of the Nation

151

(22)

Warrior or Soldier, Hero or Waste?

173

(16)

Part III THE LONG ROAD HOME

The Soul's Homeward Journey

189

(12)

Purification and Cleansing

201

(16)

The Healing Power of Storytelling

217

(18)

Restitution in the Family and the Nation

235

(14)

Initiation as a Warrior

249

(20)

War in Religion and Spirituality

269

(14)

Conclusion

283

(8)

Notes

291

(18)

Selected Bibliography

309

(8)

Index of Cited Veterans and Survivors

317

(4)

General Index

321

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War and the Soul Healing Our Nation's Veterans from Post-tramatic Stress Disorder

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