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Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > Military life & institutions > General
The reports that make up this book examine various veteran issues,
including what constitutes basic eligibility for veterans benefits,
military benefits for former spouses and answers to frequently
asked questions such as What Benefits can former spouses of members
or retirees of the uniformed services receive under law? This book
also discusses three types of VA (Veterans Affairs) housing
assistance the loan guaranty program, direct loan programs and
Specially Adapted Housing program their origins, how they
operation, and how they are funded. The report also has a section
that discusses the default and foreclosure of VA-guaranteed loans.
Finally, the last chapter answers frequently asked questions on
health care for veterans, including questions on eligibility and
enrollments, medical benefits and costs to veterans and insurance
collections.
Movies like American Sniper and The Hurt Locker hint at the inner
scars our soldiers incur during service in a war zone. The moral
dimensions of their psychological injuries-guilt, shame, feeling
responsible for doing wrong or being wronged-elude conventional
treatment. Georgetown philosophy professor Nancy Sherman turns her
focus to these moral injuries inAfterwar. She argues that
psychology and medicine alone are inadequate to help with many of
the most painful questions veterans are bringing home from war.
Trained in both ancient ethics and psychoanalysis, and with twenty
years of experience working with the military, Sherman draws on
in-depth interviews with servicemen and women to paint a richly
textured and compassionate picture of the moral and psychological
aftermath of America's longest wars. She explores how veterans can
go about reawakening their feelings without becoming
re-traumatized; how they can replace resentment with trust; and the
changes that need to be made in order for this to happen-by
military courts, VA hospitals, and the civilians who have been
shielded from the heaviest burdens of war. 2.6 million soldiers are
currently returning home from war, the greatest number since
Vietnam. Facing an increase in suicides and post-traumatic stress,
the military has embraced measures such as resilience training and
positive psychology to heal mind as well as body. Sherman argues
that some psychological wounds of war need a kind of healing
through moral understanding that is the special province of
philosophical engagement and listening.
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