Healing From The War: Trauma & Transformation After Vietnam
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Against the haunting backdrop of names etched in black granite — the Vietnam Veterans Memorial — Arthur Egendorf's Healing from the War: Trauma & Transformation after Vietnam presents a groundbreaking inquiry into the psychological wounds carried home by an entire generation of American soldiers. Drawing on his own experience as a Vietnam veteran and his subsequent career as a psychotherapist, Egendorf chronicles the inner battles that continued long after the guns fell silent, mapping the landscape of post-traumatic stress with both clinical precision and profound human empathy. The book argues that recovery is not merely a medical process but a deeply personal and spiritual transformation — one that demands confronting the darkest corners of the self. Egendorf writes with the authority of a trained psychologist and the insight of someone who has lived through the very crucible he describes, producing a work that stands as a landmark in the literature of war and healing. Healing from the War illustrates how trauma, when fully reckoned with, can become the unlikely catalyst for personal growth and renewed purpose. Weaving together case studies, psychological theory, and philosophical reflection, it challenges readers to reconsider the very meaning of suffering and resilience. For anyone touched by the long shadow of Vietnam — or by the nature of trauma itself — this is a work that refuses to let its central question rest unanswered.
Author: Arthur Egendorf
Format: Hardback
Genre: Psychology
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Against the haunting backdrop of names etched in black granite — the Vietnam Veterans Memorial — Arthur Egendorf's Healing from the War: Trauma & Transformation after Vietnam presents a groundbreaking inquiry into the psychological wounds carried home by an entire generation of American soldiers. Drawing on his own experience as a Vietnam veteran and his subsequent career as a psychotherapist, Egendorf chronicles the inner battles that continued long after the guns fell silent, mapping the landscape of post-traumatic stress with both clinical precision and profound human empathy. The book argues that recovery is not merely a medical process but a deeply personal and spiritual transformation — one that demands confronting the darkest corners of the self. Egendorf writes with the authority of a trained psychologist and the insight of someone who has lived through the very crucible he describes, producing a work that stands as a landmark in the literature of war and healing. Healing from the War illustrates how trauma, when fully reckoned with, can become the unlikely catalyst for personal growth and renewed purpose. Weaving together case studies, psychological theory, and philosophical reflection, it challenges readers to reconsider the very meaning of suffering and resilience. For anyone touched by the long shadow of Vietnam — or by the nature of trauma itself — this is a work that refuses to let its central question rest unanswered.