"I broke into a house, entering from the back door. When I left, two people inside were dead. I don't remember killing them, but I know I must have. All I can remember is the police chasing me. I thought I was in the jungle, with the Cong chasing me, trying to kill me before I could kill them.... I was nineteen years old and the Vietnam War was the high point in my life. I didn't come home in a body bag or a wheel chair. Even though I thought I had come home a complete person, it's evident that I didn't"--from the interview ...
Read More
"I broke into a house, entering from the back door. When I left, two people inside were dead. I don't remember killing them, but I know I must have. All I can remember is the police chasing me. I thought I was in the jungle, with the Cong chasing me, trying to kill me before I could kill them.... I was nineteen years old and the Vietnam War was the high point in my life. I didn't come home in a body bag or a wheel chair. Even though I thought I had come home a complete person, it's evident that I didn't"--from the interview with Gary Cone. Interviews with Vietnam veterans and their family members explain as nothing else can the emotional consequences of wartime experiences. Many of these interviewees are now in prison as a result of the substance abuse or violence that characterizes PTSD.
Read Less
Add this copy of From Vietnam to Hell: Interviews with Victims of Post to cart. $15.00, fair condition, Sold by JDH Lawton OK rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from LAWTON, OK, UNITED STATES, published 1990 by McFarland & Company.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Fair. Ex-library. Trade paperback (US). 136 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. LCCN 89043647 Type of material Book Personal name Dicks, Shirley, 1940-Main title From Vietnam to hell: interviews with victims of post-traumatic stress disorder / by Shirley Dicks. Published/Created Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, c1990. Description vii, 136 p. : ill.; 23 cm. ISBN 0899504876 (soft: alk. paper) LC classification RC552. P67 D52 1990 LC Subjects Post-traumatic stress disorder--Patients--Interviews. Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Veterans--United States--Interviews. Notes Includes index. Dewey class no. 616.85/212 Geographic area code n-us---a-vt---
Add this copy of From Vietnam to Hell: Interviews With Victims of Post to cart. $64.93, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1990 by McFarland Publishing.