| Main Author: |
Bouvard, Marguerite Guzman, 1937- |
| Format: |
Book
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| Language: |
English
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| Published: |
Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2012
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| Subjects: |
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| Contents: |
Introduction -- The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan: Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom: A volunteer army ; Iraq ; Afghanistan ; Drawdown in Iraq ; Drawdown in Afghanistan ; The media -- Homecoming and parallel lives: Women warriors ; Family trauma ; Taking space-- Mothers of servicemen and servicewomen -- Spouses and children of servicemen and servicewomen -- The high rate of success: The facts ; The suicide of spouses ; People, not statistics ; Noah Charles Pierce ; Jeff Lucey ; The suffering of families -- Healthcare: Women warriors ; Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington DC ; Home base at the Massachusetts General Hospital ; Project Share ; Burgeoning charities ; Criminal behavior -- Hidden grief: Why we grieve alone ; Minimizing the losses servicemen and servicewomen experience ; Anger and grief ; The grief of returning with mental and physical disabilities ; Grief of the parents ; Children of servicemen and servicewomen ; The healing power of understanding -- Bridging the chasm: Social reintegration ; Writing ; Speaking the unspeakable ; Photography ; Theater of war ; The soldiers project ; Give and hour ; Always lost: a meditation on war -- Epilogue. |
