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Foreword | |
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Acknowledgments | |
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Preface | |
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Introduction | |
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Unhealed Wounds | |
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Odysseus Among the Rich Civilians | |
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Pirate Raid: Staying in Combat Mode | |
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Lotus Land: The Flight from Pain | |
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Cyclops: The Flight from Boredom | |
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"Lawless Brutes" | |
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Cunning | |
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"And Know Not Me"--Loss of Identity and Boasting | |
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Odysseus Gets a Leg Up--and Falls on His Face: The Workplace | |
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A Peaceful Harbor: No Safe Place | |
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Witches, Goddesses, Queens, Wives--Dangerous Women | |
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Among the Dead: Memory and Guilt | |
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The Dead (Try to) Reproach the Living | |
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"I Won't Forget a Thing"--Keeping Faith | |
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Timmy | |
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Anyone Close Will Be Harmed | |
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Irretrievable Losses | |
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What Was the Sirens' Song?: Truth As Deadly Addiction | |
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The Language of Times That Make a World | |
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Memory Unconnected to Community | |
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Total Certainty Is Just as Damaging | |
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Scylla and Charybdis: Dangers Up, Down, and Sideways | |
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The Sun God's Beef: The Blame Game | |
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Why Odysseus' Adventures Are an Ironic Allegory | |
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Above the Whirlpool | |
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Guilt and Good Character | |
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Calypso: Odysseus the Sexaholic | |
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Odysseus at Home | |
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Lies, Tests, Disguises | |
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Slaughter of the Infamous Suitors | |
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Coldness and Cruelty to Nearest and Dearest | |
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Trauma and Odysseus' Character | |
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He Leaves--Again! | |
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Restoration | |
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Introduction | |
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Aversion to Returning Veterans Is an Old Story | |
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Damage to Character--Injured Thumos | |
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Aristotle Again--Human Is Politikon Zoon | |
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From the Clinic to the Wall | |
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Stages of Recovery | |
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A Trip to the Wall with VIP | |
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Lew Puller Ain't on the Wall | |
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Prevention | |
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Introduction | |
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Preventing Psychological and Moral Injury in Military Service | |
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Cohesion--The Human Element in Combat | |
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Why Does Cohesion Matter? | |
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Cohesion, from the Point of View of Ethics... | |
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Unit Associations--A Neglected Resource | |
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Training | |
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Training, from the Point of View of Ethics... | |
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Leadership | |
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Leadership, from the Point of View of Ethics... | |
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Odysseus As a Military Leader | |
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The Trojan Horse | |
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Summary of the Charges Against Captain Odysseus | |
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Achilles, Odysseus, and Agamemnon | |
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Conclusion | |
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The Circle of Communalization of Trauma | |
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Purification After Battle | |
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What Does It Mean to "Be Home"? | |
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Trauma Studies and Other Fields of Knowledge | |
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A New Abolitionism | |
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September 11, 2001 | |
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A Pocket Guide to Homer's Odyssey | |
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A Home Without Husband or Father | |
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Odysseus Starts the Last Lap for Home | |
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Odysseus Tells His Adventures in Wonderland | |
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Father and Son Return to Ithaca and Are Reunited | |
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Stranger at Home | |
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Veteran Triumphant | |
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Information Resources for Vietnam Veterans and Their Families | |
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Some Proposals | |
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Obsolete Assumptions Built into the Current Military Personnel System | |
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Some Specific Recommendations | |
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How We Get There from Here | |
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Notes | |
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Bibliography | |
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Index | |