Thursday, December 4, 2008

Texts on Combat/War which Include Training

Chris Hedges: What Every Person Should Know About WarThin anti-war book with Q&A as primary format.

Jonathan Shay: Achilles in Vietnam (Combat Trauma and the Undoing of Character)Subtitle says it all.
Suggested from WPA list.

Jonathan Shay: Odysseus in America (Combat Truma and the Trials of Homecoming)Subtitle says it all
Suggested from WPA list.

E. B. Sledge: With the Old Breed, at Peleliu and OkinawaMemoir/history of a Marine who served in WW2 at Peleliu. Clear writing, graphic description, basics about training/coherence in unit.
Suggested from WPA list.

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