Soldier from the War Returning: The Greatest Generation's Troubled Homecoming from World War II
Title | Soldier from the War Returning: The Greatest Generation's Troubled Homecoming from World War II |
Publication Type | Book |
Year of Publication | 2009 |
Authors | Childers, Thomas |
Number of Pages | 340 |
Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
City | Boston |
Abstract | One of our most enduring national myths surrounds the men and women who fought in the so-called "Good War." In this shocking and hauntingly beautiful book, historian Thomas Childers shatters that myth. He interweaves the intimate story of three families--including his own--with a decades' worth of research to paint an entirely new picture of the war's aftermath. Drawing on government documents, interviews, oral histories and diaries, he reveals that 10,000 veterans a month were being diagnosed with psycho-neurotic disorder (now known as PTSD). Alcoholism, homelessness, and unemployment were rampant, leading to a skyrocketing divorce rate. Many veterans bounced back, but their struggle has been lost in a wave of nostalgia that threatens to undermine a new generation of returning soldiers. (UNC Chapel Hill) |
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