What have we done
Subtitle: the moral injury of our longest wars
By: David Wood
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 291
ISBN-13: 9780316264150
Subjects: Moral and ethical aspects; Veteran reintegration; Guilt and culture; Veterans; Military ethics; Mental health; Remorse; Psychological aspects; Iraq War, 2003-2011; Afghan War, 2001-; War
Other titles: Moral injury of our longest wars
Description: Most Americans are now familiar with PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) and its prevalence among troops. In this groundbreaking new book, David Wood examines the far more pervasive yet less understood experience of those we send to war: moral injury, the violation of our fundamental values of right and wrong that so often occurs in the impossible moral dilemmas of modern conflict. It is a call to listen intently to our newest generation of veterans, and to ponder the inevitable human costs of putting American "boots on the ground" as new wars approach. --
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The baptismal font; title: It's wrong, but you have no choice; title: Regardless of the cost; title: The rules : made to be broken; title: A friend was liquefied; title: Just war; title: Trotting heart, shell shock, moral injury; title: Grief is a combat injury; title: It's really about killing; title: Vulnerable; title: Betrayed; title: War crime; title: Atheists in the foxholes; title: Home; title: The touchy-feely tough guys; title: Listen.