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Flashback: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Suicide, and the Lessons of War

Flashback: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Suicide, and the Lessons of War

In the early 1970s, Penny Coleman married Daniel, a young Vietnam veteran and fellow photographer. Soon, Daniel became deeply troubled, falling victim to multiple addictions and becoming strangely insecure. He suffered from what we now call posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). After Coleman left him, he committed suicide.

Struggling to understand Daniel?s experience, Coleman began investigating the history of PTSD; she found clear cases of the disorder as far back as the Civil War. In Flashback, Coleman deftly weaves psychology and military, political, oral, and cultural history to trace the experience of PTSD in the military up through the Vietnam War. She then focuses on Vietnam to show why this war in particular led to such a high number of PTSD cases, many of which ended tragically in suicide. Like the soldiers listed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial wall, these men are casualties of war.

With record numbers of American soldiers returning from the Middle East already suffering from PTSD, Flashback provides a necessary lesson on the real tragedy of battle for soldiers and their families, something that continues long after the war ends.

Penny Coleman, the author of Village Elders, teaches photography and photojournalism at the International Center for Photography and at New Jersey City University. She lives with her partner in New York City.

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1/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jul-18-2008; No help to be found in this book; As the wife of a returning combat veteran, I was looking for some help understanding what he was going through. Instead, what I found was a lot of caustic comments and when I read that her ultimate solution was to just not have war, I...; read full review | report as inappropriate

3/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Nov-15-2007; Too much politics, not enough fact; The tales of mental suffering Penny Coleman relates are sad, and I have no doubt they are true. They are certainly heartfelt, understandable given that she endured life with a PTSD-suffering husband. Clearly this book consumed her,...; read full review | report as inappropriate

4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Dec-23-2006; Good accounting of a difficult subject; Coleman brings to light the history, causes, and long term impact of war induced PTSD. Her use of first-hand accounts from those who have lost veterans to suicide are an important part of the book, bringing an intimate human reality to...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Nov-07-2006; Case histories of other experiences blend with damning evidence; FLASHBACK: POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER, SUICIDE, AND THE LESSONS OF WAR comes from the author's own experience of marrying a young Vietnam vet who eventually killed himself. He suffered from posttraumatic stress disorder that at the...; read full review | report as inappropriate

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4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Dec-23-2006; Good accounting of a difficult subject; Coleman brings to light the history, causes, and long term impact of war induced PTSD. Her use of first-hand accounts from those who have lost veterans to suicide are an important part of the book, bringing an intimate human reality to...; read full review | report as inappropriate

3/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Nov-15-2007; Too much politics, not enough fact; The tales of mental suffering Penny Coleman relates are sad, and I have no doubt they are true. They are certainly heartfelt, understandable given that she endured life with a PTSD-suffering husband. Clearly this book consumed her,...; read full review | report as inappropriate

1/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jul-18-2008; No help to be found in this book; As the wife of a returning combat veteran, I was looking for some help understanding what he was going through. Instead, what I found was a lot of caustic comments and when I read that her ultimate solution was to just not have war, I...; read full review | report as inappropriate

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