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Soldier from the War Returning - The Greatest Generation's Troubled Homecoming from World War II (Paperback)
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Soldier from the War Returning - The Greatest Generation's Troubled Homecoming from World War II (Paperback)
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List price R546
Loot Price R485
Discovery Miles 4 850
You Save R61 (11%)
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One of our most enduring national myths surrounds the men and women
who fought in the so-called good war. The Greatest Generation,
we're told by Tom Brokaw and others, fought heroically, then
returned to America happy, healthy, and well adjusted. In"Soldier
from theWar Returning," historian Thomas Childers shatters that
myth. Interweaving the intimate stories of three
families--including his own--he reveals the true cost of the war.
Alcoholism, homelessness, and unemployment were rampant, leading to
domestic violence and a skyrocketing divorce rate. Hundreds of
thousands of soldiers were diagnosed with psychoneurotic disorders
(now known as PTSD).Though many veterans bounced back, others were
haunted for decades afterward; some never fully recovered.
Novelistic in its telling and impeccably researched, Childers's
book is a stark reminder that the price of war is unimaginably
high, and the toll can stretch across generations.
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