Trained to Kill: Soldiers at War

by Theodore Nadelson

Book Overview

In two decades of clinical work with Vietnam veterans, psychiatrist Theodore Nadelson sought to understand a seeming paradox about his patients: even veterans being treated for post traumatic stress... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801881668
• ISBN13: 9780801881664
• Release Date: April 2005
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 191 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Hands down, best book on PTSD, ever.

Hands down, best book on PTSD, ever. Scholarly, but not ponderous. Nadelson (who passed away a few years ago) was a prior-enlisted Soldier who later went on to become a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who spent the majority of his career treating Vietnam Vets in the Boston VAMC. His insight into PTSD is further expanded by the addition of a humanistic perspective: he draws on the humanities to add yet another dimension to his approach to understanding this topic (the book is laden with literary references). Great read.

A Book That Every Conscious Citizen should Read

This is without a doubt an important work which ought to influence the decisions of policymakers and voters alike. Nadelson's descriptions are at once crushing and empathetic. This is the culmination of years spent trying to ease the pain of our brave soldiers. Hopefully, his accounts will lead us to lessen that pain wherever possible.

Another MUST READ for therapists working with combat veterans

This is an amazing description of what people experience when they are taught to kill and have to go into combat. Very rich with details that come from decades of work with Vietnam veterans. If you have read On Killing, you have to read this book.