By Edward Tick, Ph.D.

This top-rated book teaches how to truly heal war trauma in veterans, their families, and our communities.

Drawing on history, mythology, and soldiers' stories from World War I to Iraq, it affirms the deep damage war does to the psyche and addresses how to reclaim the soul from war's hell.

Table of Contents:

Part I: The Soul in War

Chapter 1: War, Trauma, and Soul
Chapter 2: The Mythic Arena of War
Chapter 3: War as a Rite of Passage
Chapter 4: Ancient Myth and Modern War
Chapter 5: The Soul in Slaughter

Part II: From Myth to Reality

Chapter 6: Inside PTSD: Identity and Soul Wound
Chapter 7: Eros and Aesthetics in Hell
Chapter 8: Relations With the Missing and the Dead
Chapter 9: The Soul of the Nation
Chapter 10: Warrior or Soldier, Hero or Waste?

Part III: The Long Road Home

Chapter 11: The Soul's Homeward Journey
Chapter 12: Purification and Cleaning
Chapter 13: The Healing Power of Storytelling
Chapter 14: Restitution in the Family and the Nation
Chapter 15: Initiation as a Warrior
Chapter 16: War in Religion and Spirituality

Includes an index of cited veterans and survivors. 272 pages. Softcover. 2006.

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