A review by krdegan
Achilles in Vietnam: Combat Trauma and the Undoing of Character by Jonathan Shay

5.0

Fabulous book comparing post-traumatic stress disorder in Vietnam vets with accounts in Homer's Iliad. The premise and methodology were both interesting and I thought the book was quite well-written.

Ultimately I felt that the book reinforced the notion that war is extremely damaging to soldiers and civilians alike, regardless of which side "wins."