Broken bodies, shattered minds
Subtitle: a medical odyssey from Vietnam to Afghanistan
By: Ronald J. Glasser
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: History Pub. Co.
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Palisades, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 273
ISBN-13: 9781933909479; 9781933909486
Subjects: Armed Forces; Health and hygiene; Medizinische Versorgung; Gesundheit; Mental health; Health aspects; Medical care; Iraq War, 2003-2011; Afghan War, 2001-; Krieg; Verletzung; Wounds and injuries; Vietnam War, 1961-1975; History; Afghan Campaign 2001-; Military Medicine; Soldat; Military Personnel; Psychisches Trauma; Soldiers; Vietnam Conflict; Combat Disorders; Wounds and Injuries
Description: The author traces the changing nature of warfare from the jungles of Vietnam to the streets and mountains of Iraq and Afghanistan and defines the escalating physical and psychological damage of wounds to troops in the U.S. Army and Marine Corps.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-262) and index.
Table of contents: title: Forty years of war; title: The late great 1968: welcome to the Army; title: Zama: the wounded; title: The medics: then and now; title: America's wars: an autopsy report; title: Med-evacs and gunships: a short and deadly technical history; title: The changing face of military medicine; title: Teleconferencing: more than six degrees of separation; title: All the Toms: Iraq 2004; title: Shell shock: the shattering of minds; title: The wars within; title: Multiple deployments: brains at risk; title: The bleeding wars; title: IEDs: blasts that kill and maim; title: Traumatic brain injuries: PTSD: the invisible wounds; title: All the Jakes: adrift in Afghanistan: 2010; title: That deadly sense of privilege; title: All the Carries and Priscillas; title: Bullets of grief: a prescription for prevention; title: "Is my junk all together?"; title: Chronicles: reduxing Vietnam; title: Epilogue.