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4) Breaking
Publisher
Decal
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
A Marine war veteran faces mental and emotional challenges when he tries to reintegrate back into civilian life.
5) Disgraced
Author
Series
Lola Wicks mysteries volume 3
Publisher
Midnight Ink
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
When former foreign correspondent Lola Wicks heads to Wyoming for a Yellowstone vacation, she comes across a story that hits close to her past. One Wyoming soldier returning from Afghanistan commits suicide, two others spark a near-fatal brawl, and a woman is terrorized. Lola, accompanied by her young daughter, senses a story about whatever happened on the far side of the world that these troops have brought so disastrously home. But she soon realizes...
Author
Publisher
Feiwel & Friends, an imprint of Macmillan Publishing Group LLC
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"The powerful true story of a SEAL Team Six member and military dog handler, and the dog that saved his life. Two dozen Navy SEALs descended on Osama bin Laden's compound in May 2011. After the mission, only one name was made public: Cairo, a Belgian Malinois and military working dog. This is Cairo's story, and that of his handler, Will Chesney, a member of SEAL Team Six whose life would be irrevocably tied to Cairo's. Starting in 2008, when Will...
Author
Publisher
Sulūk Press, an imprint of Omega Publications
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
The Alchemy of Combat is a process of breakdown and renewal, and from that breakdown can come the transformational discovery of meaning and purpose, of a higher awareness with an expanded and inspired worldview, and uplifting happiness for the soul. Larry R. Decker Ph.D. provides a guide through this process for therapists as well as family, friends, loved ones, colleagues and others caring for combat veterans who are seeking to move through Posttraumatic...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Most Americans are now familiar with PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) and its prevalence among troops. In this groundbreaking new book, David Wood examines the far more pervasive yet less understood experience of those we send to war: moral injury, the violation of our fundamental values of right and wrong that so often occurs in the impossible moral dilemmas of modern conflict. It is a call to listen intently to our newest generation of veterans,...
Author
Publisher
NCO Historical Society
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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Description
This book is a collection of articles that first appeared on the Head Space and Timing blog, which can be found at veteranmentalhealth.com . The collected and edited articles, with additional content, have been consolidated into eight themes: Raising Awareness about the Psychological Impact of Military Service ; Developing Personal Awareness of the Need for Veteran Mental Health ; Developing Resilience to Recover ; Developing Skills to Apply to...
Author
Publisher
Hachette Go, an imprint of Hachette Books, Hachette Book Group
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"We all have those moments, the ones where we are set adrift by a life-changing event. Yet we often lack the ability to parse these moments, understand how to respond, and move beyond them. Travis Mills, a veteran and a quadruple amputee, was confronted with this in the wake of the incident that claimed his limbs and changed the trajectory of his life forever. In Bounce Back, Travis reveals the path that helped him through tough times—and...
Author
Publisher
Duke University Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Description
"In Our Veterans, Suzanne Gordon, Steve Early, and Jasper Craven explore the physical, emotional, social, economic, and psychological impact of military service and the problems that veterans face when they return to civilian life. The authors critically examine the role of advocacy organizations, philanthropies, corporations, and politicians who purport to be “pro-veteran.” They describe the ongoing debate about the cost, quality, and effectiveness...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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Description
"The powerful true story of a SEAL Team Six member and military dog handler, and the dog that saved his life. Two dozen Navy SEALs descended on Osama bin Laden's compound in May 2011. After the mission, only one name was made public: Cairo, a Belgian Malinois and military working dog. This is Cairo's story, and that of his handler, Will Chesney, a member of SEAL Team Six whose life would be irrevocably tied to Cairo's. Starting in 2008, when Will...
Author
Publisher
Prometheus Books
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
The author documents the chain of events that set the stage for the January 26, 2017 Fort Lauderdale Airport shooting: the failure of police and the FBI to stop this troubled Iraq War veteran, who had earlier approached them and said point-blank that he was hearing voices telling him to kill others; the incredible fact that his weapon was taken and then given back to him, the very gun that would kill five people and shut down a major airport for forty-eight...
16) Soldiers don't go mad: a story of brotherhood, poetry, and mental illness during the First World War
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"A brilliant and poignant history of the friendship between two great war poets, Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen, alongside a narrative investigation of the origins of PTSD and the literary response to World War I From the moment war broke out across Europe in 1914, the world entered a new, unparalleled era of modern warfare. Soldiers faced relentless machine gun shelling, incredible artillery power, flame throwers, and gas attacks. Within the...
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