US Army Psychiatry in the Vietnam War: New Challenges in Extended Counterinsurgency Warfare
- ISBN-10
- 0160925509
- ISBN-13
- 9780160925504
- Category
- Government publications
- Pages
- 600
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014
- Publisher
- Government Printing Office
- Author
- Norman M. Camp
Description
NOTE: NO FURTHER DISCOUNT FOR THIS PRODUCT -- OVERSTOCK SALE - Significantly reduced list price This book tells the mostly forgotten story of the accelerating mental health problems that arose among the troops sent to fight in South Vietnam, especially the morale, discipline, and heroin crisis that ultimately characterized the second half of the war. This situation was unprecedented in U.S. military history and dangerous, and reflected the fact that during the war America underwent its most divisive period since the Civil War and, as a result, the war became bitterly controversial. The author is a career Army psychiatrist who led a psychiatric unit in Vietnam. In the years following his return, he was dismayed to discover that the Army had conducted no formal review of this alarming situation, including from the standpoint of military psychiatry, and had lost or destroyed all of the pertinent clinical records. In addition to permitting a study of the psychological wounds and their treatment in Vietnam, these records would have been priceless in the treatment of the legions of veterans who presented serious adjustment problems and Post-traumatic Stress Disorder. As a consequence, Dr Camp has been relentless in combing the professional, civilian, and surviving military literature--including unpublished documents--to construct a compelling narrative documenting the successes and failures of Army psychiatry and the Army leadership in Vietnam in responding to these psychiatric and behavioral challenges. The result is a book that is both scholarly and intensely personal, includes vivid case material and anecdotes from colleagues who also served there, and is replete with illustrations and correspondence. It presents the story of Vietnam in a fresh manner--through the psychiatrist's eyes, and sensibilities.
Get the book
Other editions
-
- 2015-03-15
- 868 pages
- Ebook
- Government Printing Office
Similar books
-
Microcomputers in Special Education: Selection and Decision Making Process
By Florence M. TaberIntended for special educators, the book is designed to provide information for assessing classroom needs, making decisions about purchasing software and hardware, and using the microcomputer effectively. Each chapter begins...
-
Geochemical Landscapes of the Conterminous United States: New Map Presentations for 22 Elements
By N. GustavssonSpecifically , they mention plotting a scattergram and estimating the correlation coeffi- high values for Ce , Co , Ga , and Pb predominate on the routes cient ( Pearson's ) for the overall covariation ( fig .
-
Using Government Publications: Searching by subject and agencies
By Jean L. Sears, Marilyn K. MoodyJean L. Sears, Marilyn K. Moody. FIGURE 19.1 . Sample Table from a State Volume of the Census of ... Billings Bottineau Bowman Burke Burleigh Cass Cavalier Dickey Divide Dunn Eddy [ mmons . Fostur Golden Valley Grand Forks Grant Gries .
-
NPG PERMANENT COLLN
By National Portrait GalleryA fully illustrated listing of the permanent collection, this updated edition is an indispensable reference tool for historians and biographers, art historians, picture researchers, and anyone interested in learning what...
-
The Corps of Engineers: The War Against Japan
By Karl C. DodWork directed PRA to follow the pioneer road began during the winter on the Haines unless deviations would involve less cutoff , running 150 miles from the coastal work . The width of the highway was to village of Haines , about 15 ...
-
Talking about Naval History: A Collection of Essays
By John B. Hattendorf... 213 , 214 , 216 D'Estrées , Comte , 60 De Ternay , 207 , 208 , 210 , 211 , 216 deterrence , 277 , 281 , 282 , Devon , England , 265 Dewey , George , 12 , 242 , 253 Dickinson , John , 7 DiNardo , Richard L. , 146 diplomatic function ...
-
Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations for 1995: Justification of the budget estimates
By United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Department of the Interior and Related AgenciesEndowment - sponsored projects such as Urban Gateways , a multi - disciplinary arts organization in Chicago provides employment opportunities for artists while providing much needed arts education at the community level .
-
Guide to U. S. Government Publications 2003
By Gale GroupGuide to U. S. Government Publications 2003
-
For Congress and the Nation: A Chronological History of the Library of Congress
By Library of Congress, John Young ColeAn especially fertile period was the administration of Luther H. Evans , who took a personal interest in oral history and in ... 139–228 ; Richard R. Bowker , “ The American National Library , ” Library Journal ( August 1896 ) : 357–58 ...
-
The National Portrait Gallery Collection
By Susan Foister, National Portrait GalleryThe National Portrait Gallery Collection