For 50 years, civilians have avoided hearing about the controversial experiences of Vietnam veterans, many of whom suffer through post-traumatic stress alone. Through interviews conducted with 17 soldiers, this book shares the stories of those who have been silenced. These men and women tell us about life before and after the war. They candidly share stories of 40-plus years lived on the edge of the knife and many wonder what their lives would be like if they had come home to praise and parades. They offer their tragedies and successes to newer veterans as choices to be made or rejected.
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Loring analyzes the damage caused by war and enables the more controversial experiences of Vietnam veterans to be toldLibrary Journal
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Runner-up for National Federation of Press Womens Communications Contest 2020 (United States).
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| Foreword |
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| Preface |
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Section I It Mattered to Me: Growing Up in America and Arriving in Vietnam |
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Section II Losses and Crosses: Coping with Coming Home |
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Middle Section. Photographs: Medals, Memorials and Memories |
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Section III Language of a Single Tear: Post-Traumatic Stress and Self-imposed Silence |
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Section IV Still Twisted: Resiliency and Outreach |
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| Appendix A Joan Fye |
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| Appendix B Sherrill Ashton |
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| Index |
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Jacqueline Murray Loring writes stage plays and narrative, feature-length movie scripts. Since 2013, she has written or co-written nine short scripts that were filmed. Her articles and poetry are published in many publications and in 2012 she was the winner of the Doire Press Irish International Poetry Chap Book Prize. She lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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