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Pros
People chant it and feel relieved. Its recreational patriotism. But real patriotism comes at a very real cost- human suffering. Combat servicemen and women will never be the same.
Incredibly well researched, written and useful in my work in helping veterans via our chruch military ministry. I am further committed to my belief that, despite the arguments that we have betrayed our afghan friends and the finger pointing at biden a... Read More
David wood is a long time combat correspondent. Wood's work is compassionate and non-judgmental. Wood provides a good model for pursuing a culture of listening between us.
This book takes a perfect blend of academic and journalistic look at the subject. The research is meticulous, yet the powers that be seem to ignore it.
Dealing with trauma was a glaring gap in my initial education. Brings to light many aspects that have previously been confused as ptsd. Finally someone looks beyond the catchall ptsd to examine the deeper injuries incurred in war.
Cons
He writes about helping vets heal by having civilians listen to their stories, but training them not to say i understand. And some vets only want to talk to other vets. I'm not a vet. I'm a civilian," he says.
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Quality
The questions and themes of dealing with the moral component of war and recovering from moral injury
”i always preface an intake with the importance of understanding that my office must feel safe and i must be seen as nonjudgmen... Read More
You learned that the issue is more than just shock from contact with the enemy
I saw david speak at uconn and speaking to him afterwards we realized that he was embedded with the 24th marine expeditionary u... Read More
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I would highly recommend this book to everyone in congress to consider the affects of war before they commit to 34boots on the ground34
Competitiveness
One of the best books on the market
It is one thing to be deployed in to a combat zone – it is quite another to fight the enemy upclose and kill him
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moral, many, military and done. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is high deception involved.
- Our engine has analyzed and discovered that 52.2% of the reviews are reliable.
- This product had a total of 152 reviews as of our last analysis date on Oct 23 2023.
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Focusing on the moral injury done to combat troops it shows only part of the damage done
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He does not however feel they should be held accountable for the wars that they have executed
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Perhaps the greatest damage of war is depriving them of their autonomy when they sign up pledging absolute and unquestioning obedience
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Since the nuremberg trials however we know that we cannot give up our moral responsibility for our actionsas much as military officials try to convince us otherwise
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Something most central and sacred to ones identity and personality has been violated
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It always requires a good deal of bad faith the failure to recognize we have other choices
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This then is our greatest crime
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If war is not evil nothing is
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