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The Last and Greatest Battle : Finding the Will, Commitment, and Strategy to End Military Suicides.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (385 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780199392339
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Last and Greatest BattleDDC classification:
  • 362.28088/35500973
LOC classification:
  • HV6545.7.B37 2015eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- The Last and Greatest Battle -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- About the Author -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 The Problem Defined "Even grasshoppers hate me." -- 2 The Effects of PTSD "It's 1999, and my husband just died from the Vietnam War." -- 3 The Morality of Killing "I'm a murderer." -- 4 The Individual Is Blamed "It was hard for her to be aggressive to prisoners. She thought we were cruel to them." -- 5 The Dark Side of Nationalism "We're the future leaders of America. It's our duty to serve." -- 6 The Challenges Coming Home "He really left us a long time ago." -- 7 The Road to Answers "Becomes much excited. Supposes he is in battle -- gives commands." -- Afterword -- Appendices -- A About Suicide -- B Resources -- C Glossary -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: In The Last and Greatest Battle--the first book devoted exclusively to the problem of military suicides--John Bateson brings this neglected crisis into the spotlight.
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Cover -- The Last and Greatest Battle -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- About the Author -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 The Problem Defined "Even grasshoppers hate me." -- 2 The Effects of PTSD "It's 1999, and my husband just died from the Vietnam War." -- 3 The Morality of Killing "I'm a murderer." -- 4 The Individual Is Blamed "It was hard for her to be aggressive to prisoners. She thought we were cruel to them." -- 5 The Dark Side of Nationalism "We're the future leaders of America. It's our duty to serve." -- 6 The Challenges Coming Home "He really left us a long time ago." -- 7 The Road to Answers "Becomes much excited. Supposes he is in battle -- gives commands." -- Afterword -- Appendices -- A About Suicide -- B Resources -- C Glossary -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

In The Last and Greatest Battle--the first book devoted exclusively to the problem of military suicides--John Bateson brings this neglected crisis into the spotlight.

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