Soldier's Heart: Close-up Today with PTSD in Vietnam Veterans by William Schroder & Ronald Dawe

"This highly significant and relevant volume focuses on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, a devastating but little understood wound suffered by many American soldiers who served in the Vietnam War. The heart of the book consists of highly revealing interviews with five Vietnam veterans who relate, in candid and graphic detail, the impact of the disorder upon their lives, and how they attempted to blunt that impact by resorting to alcohol and drugs. Their return to civilian life often signaled the beginning of downward spirals marked by inability to relate to other people, drifting from one job to another, ultimate unemployment, and alienation from their families. The authors are to be commended for placing this crippling disorder within a meaningful context. The specialist as well as non-specialist will profit enormously by reading this volume the contents of which have obvious implications for the present and future." - Willard B. Gatewood, Alumni Distinguished Professor of History (Emeritus) University of Arkansas