Surviving Vietnam
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Surviving Vietnam
Author: Bruce Philip Dohrenwend
language: en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date: 2019
Uniquely using historical material and military records as well as personal interviews and clinical diagnoses, Surviving Vietnam focuses on veterans' war-zone experiences and the development in some of PTSD. It addresses controversies regarding reported rates of PTSD and the importance of exposure to traumatic events compared with pre-war personal vulnerability.
Surviving Vietnam
Surviving Vietnam is a true story based on the experiences of a Polish American serving in the Marine Special Forces in the Vietnam War. The child of a Polish P.O.W., "The Ancient One," as he is referred to, chronicles his experiences and details life in War. It is an unfiltered first-hand account of his experiences; from his background, Marine Corps Training, working with the CIA and the daily job of surviving in a torrential environment. He details the things he witnessed, injuries incurred, being shot, captured, tortured by the enemy, and adjusting back to civilian life to a public who was anything but welcoming and appreciative. Vietnam is referred to as the lost War; the one many try to forget. It is important to remember these men and to show them that their stories are not ones to be lost in time but to be valued and learned from.
Surviving Vietnam
Author: Bruce P. Dohrenwend
language: en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date: 2018-12-05
The war in Vietnam is a watershed moment in United States history -- the first war lost by the U.S. despite its seemingly overwhelming military might. Surviving Vietnam focuses on the psychological consequences, especially posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), of service in such a war for U.S. veterans. The diagnosis of PTSD, termed following and significantly influenced by this war, stirred controversy. Much of the initial controversy centered on a major report in 1990 of what numerous critics regarded as unrealistically high rates of this disorder in U.S. veterans. Controversy continues about whether exposure to one or more potentially traumatic events is more significant to the development and persistence of PTSD than pre-exposure personal vulnerability factors, such as age, education and prior psychiatric disorder. This book describes attempts to resolve these controversies. Surviving Vietnam develops a unique blend of historical material, military records, clinical diagnoses of PTSD, and interviews with representative samples of veterans surveyed approximately a decade (the National Vietnam Veterans Readjustment Study) and nearly four decades (the National Vietnam Veterans Longitudinal Study) after the war's conclusion. The book begins with a history of the Vietnam war that provides context for the discussions of mental health thereafter, the outcomes of the severity of veterans' exposure to combat, their personal involvement in harm to civilians and prisoners, their race-ethnicity, and their military assignments. It discusses nurses' experiences in Vietnam and the psychological impact of veterans' chronic war-related PTSD on their families. Surviving Vietnam then examines factors affecting veterans' post-war readjustment, including the effects of changing public and veteran attitudes toward the war and the veterans' own appraisals of the impact of the war on their lives after the war. The authors conclude with a discussion of the policy implications of the research findings.