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God's Hiddenness in Combat - Preston Jones - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

God's Hiddenness in Combat - Preston Jones - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

The primary question at the heart of this book is: ''Where is God for the person in combat?'' According to one well-known saying, there are no atheists in foxholes. Yet it is difficult for believers in a personal and caring God to locate God''s place in the world of war. Another common saying —that ''war is hell''—seems more accurate if one accepts the basic definition of hell as God''s absence. The complication here is that some combatants do sense God''s presence. This study draws from numerous interviews, memoirs, letters, and archival materials, and reflecting on the crucifixion of Christ to consider how God can be both present in, and absent from, the world of war.

DKK 361.00
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Who Guards the Guardians? - Peter Raine - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

Who Guards the Guardians? - Peter Raine - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

In the modern era, solutions to many environmental problems appear to be beyond the reach of a dialogue based solely on argumentation, dialectics, and the presentation of ''evidence.'' The purpose of this study is to construct a bridge between incommensurable ways of perceiving reality, a bridge that can facilitate dialogue across worldview boundaries on environmental issues. This book attempts to link ecology, philosophy, and theology through an exploration of a new model of intercultural dialogue. Case studies provide practical and theoretical applications, which lead to a deeper understanding of not only environmental guardianships but also the fundamental relationship between human beings and nature''s being. This book attempts to link ecology, philosophy, and theology through an exploration of a new model of intercultural dialogue. Case studies provide practical and theoretical applications, which lead to a deeper understanding of not only environmental guardianships but also the fundamental relationship between human beings and nature''s being.

DKK 724.00
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The Covenantal Interpretation of the Business Corporation - Kihyoung Shin - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

The Covenantal Interpretation of the Business Corporation - Kihyoung Shin - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

The purpose of this book is to compare and analyse covenantal and contractual models, which are used to arrange and order complex relationships of the business corporation. This book will show that covenant and contract are different concepts for envisioning responsible relationships, and that covenantal interpretation is superior to contractual interpretation. The difference and superiority of the covenantal model comes from its connectional understanding of human nature, the purpose of the business corporation, and moral values. Thus, this book argues that business relationships based upon making a ''covenant'' with others expand reasonability beyond legal contract, and integrate moral commitment and theological vision into the business realm.

DKK 503.00
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Salpuri-Chum, A Korean Dance for Expelling Evil Spirits - Yong Shin Kim - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

Salpuri-Chum, A Korean Dance for Expelling Evil Spirits - Yong Shin Kim - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

This book is a study of Salpuri-Chum, a traditional Korean dance for expelling evil spirits. The authors explore the origins and practice of Salpuri-Chum. The ancient Korean people viewed their misfortunes as coming from evil spirits; therefore, they wanted to expel the evil spirits to recover their happiness. The music for Salpuri-Chum is called Sinawi rhythm. It has no sheet music and lacks the concept of metronomic technique. In this rhythm, the dancer becomes a conductor.Salpuri-Chum is an artistic performance that resolves the people’s sorrow. In many cases, it is a form of sublimation. It is also an effort to transform the pain of reality into beauty, based on the Korean people’s characteristic merriment. It presents itself, then, as a form of immanence. Moreover, Salpuri-Chum is unique in its use of a piece of white fabric. The fabric, as a symbol of the Korean people’s ego ideal, signifies Salpuri-Chum’s focus as a dance for resolving their misfortunes.

DKK 317.00
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Strange Kindness - Mabel S. Chu Tow - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

Strange Kindness - Mabel S. Chu Tow - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

When Mabel (Chu, Cho-Shin) Tow (1914–1999), one of the first Chinese women to practice medicine in China and the United States, shares her story with us, we may experience "the tender gravity of kindness" (the generative transmission of her lineage). That lineage becomes Tow''s blend of Taoism, Confucianism, Buddhism, and Christianity. Mabel Tow was a boundary-crosser by being a Christian in China and a Chinese woman in America. In this reflective work, eight authors share their unique author-reader relationships with Strange Kindness as they dramatize further how Tow crossed the boundaries of gender, culture, religion, language, tradition, and medical practices. They vividly illustrate Tow''s lineage-in-transmission, moving all into "tikkum olam," the poetic act of repairing the world.

DKK 406.00
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War Trauma and its Aftermath - Laurence Armand French - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

War Trauma and its Aftermath - Laurence Armand French - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

War trauma has long been associated with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a term coined in 1980 to explain the post-war impact of Vietnam veterans. The Gulf and Balkan wars added new dimensions to the traditional PTSD definition, due largely to the changing dynamics of these wars. With these wars came unprecedented use of reserve and National Guard personnel in U.S. forces along with the largest contingent of female military personnel to date. Rapid deployment, sexual assaults, and suicides surfaced as paramount untreated problems within coalition force. Rapes, torture, suicides, and a high prevalence of untreated civilian victims of the Balkan wars added to the new dimensions of the traumatic stress continuum. Suicide bombers and roadside bombings added to the definition of combat stress, as military personnel in Iraq and Afghanistan were forced to be constantly vigilant for these attacks—regardless of whether they served in combat areas.

DKK 405.00
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Wounded Monster - Theo L. Dorpat - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

Wounded Monster - Theo L. Dorpat - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

Few authors who have written about Hitler have understood the deeply damaging effects of psychic trauma on his private life and the way he functioned in the public sphere. Nearly all major biographers have neglected the importance of Hitler''s childhood trauma and his later combat trauma during World War I. In Wounded Monster, Theo Dorpat demonstrates how extreme emotional and physical abuse from his father, and his unusually long combat service during the Great War became the most formative influences of his life, resulting in severe psychiatric disorders. This psychiatric biography of Hitler discusses the central importance of his vulnerability to shame emotions, as well as the trauma-induced construction of an extensive repertoire of mainly unconscious mechanisms for the avoidance of feelings of shame. Dorpat provides deep insights into Hitler''s shame vulnerability as a prime cause of his suicidal behavior, including his suicide threats, two failed suicide attempts, and his final completed suicide. This work will assist those attempting to explain Hitler and his actions, through an examination of the influences that shaped his psyche.

DKK 706.00
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Endless Battle Between Good and Evil - Bernard J. Ficarra - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

Endless Battle Between Good and Evil - Bernard J. Ficarra - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

Refining of civilization over the centuries has not diminished the rages and ravages of evil. In this book, Dr. Ficarra presents like a legal citation, evil versus good. Discussed with emphasis are the merits of goodness against the demerits of evil. The choice is obvious and indisputable. Depicting the essence of evil is a plea for every person to avoid evil and its allies. The message of the book is the best way to combat evil is to understand its perilous side effects, painful complications, and degrading aftermaths.

DKK 715.00
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Quiet Year at War - John Wager - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

Quiet Year at War - John Wager - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

In war, when must one say ''No''? This question is certainly as gripping now as it was in 1970 when a young infantry sergeant in the U.S. Army was court-martialed for refusing to obey a direct order to participate in the invasion of Cambodia. This book offers a unique, timely mix of narrative excitement and considered reflection on the nature of war. It deals with the daily issues that are constants in combat, and it engages the reader with the larger issues of war that often get overlooked in the exhaustion and confusion of the moment.

DKK 370.00
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Analysis of Experience - Muhiuddin Haider - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

Analysis of Experience - Muhiuddin Haider - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

The need and ability for social health and business professionals to work together has emerged in the form of public-private partnerships (PPP). PPPs exist to combat HIV/AIDS globally, but little comprehensive documentation exists about how and why HIV/AIDS PPP programs were created. In Analysis of Experience, Muhiuddin Haider and Ahila Subramanian examine the landscape and benchmarks of HIV/AIDS PPP programs. Haider and Subramanian''s study is one of the first to provide effective protocols, which will ensure quality service in these programs, while giving insight to global health and business professionals engaged in mutually beneficial enterprises.

DKK 423.00
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"I Sure Wish this Dam Thing Was Over" - Christopher C. Meyers - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

"I Sure Wish this Dam Thing Was Over" - Christopher C. Meyers - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

This book outlines the World War II experiences of Carl E. Meyers, an Ohio man, from registering for the draft in 1940 to fighting in the European Theater of Operations in 1944. A large part of the book is the letters Meyers wrote home from his basic training and from Europe. This volume traces his military experiences from 1940 to 1944, showing how an average American went through registering for the draft, being drafted, basic training, and combat during World War II.The primary theme is an examination of the ordeals of a common, everyday American draftee, Carl E. Meyers, as he experienced World War II. He registered for the draft when the Selective Service Act passed in 1940, and surprisingly enough was drafted in 1944; his being selected was surprising because he was a Pre-Pearl Harbor father and Selective Service tried not to draft those men. He experienced the boredom and monotony of basic training in a state far from home, and after completing his training was shipped to Europe and fought in that theater, in General George S. Patton’s 3rd Army. In Europe he again experienced the mundane of waiting for his unit to be sent into combat, which happened in the November 1944 offensive. He was killed in that campaign, making the ultimate sacrifice for his country.

DKK 361.00
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Hell within Hell - Susan Weinger - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

Hell within Hell - Susan Weinger - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

Deafening silence generally surrounds the sexual abuse perpetrated against child Survivors of the Holocaust by their saviors and captors. In this book, child Survivors who endured two of the most severe traumas-the Holocaust and sexual abuse-bravely tell their stories to prevent this crucial aspect of the Holocaust from being buried and left virtually unknown to the world. The testimonies of these Survivors, who were beholden to their abusive saviors or entrapped by their terrorizing guards, reveal that sexual traumas leave a differential as well as a combined psychological trail from the Holocaust experience. Hell within Hell begins with background information about the Holocaust and its impact on the lives of Survivors. The authors then explain why sexual abuse is so psychologically devastating and discuss how such a traumatic experience reverberates later in life. Readers are able to use this knowledgeable context to fully listen to the Survivors'' powerful voices. The afterword contains a dialogue between the authors befitting the Survivors'' forthright accounts.

DKK 331.00
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Moving Beyond G.I. Jane - Sara L. Zeigler - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

Moving Beyond G.I. Jane - Sara L. Zeigler - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

Moving Beyond G.I. Jane makes an essential contribution to the existing literature on the role of women in the military. The authors offer detailed analyses of current debates over integrating women into combat roles and the proper approach to confronting sexual harassment with the ranks. Each chapter includes concrete recommendations as to how the services should confront and manage these serious personnel problems. A survey of ROTC cadets provides additional data on the attitudes of future leaders. The book also identifies important ways in which female personnel can enhance effectiveness as the military adjusts to its changing role in the twenty-first century, particularly in peacekeeping operations.

DKK 450.00
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Marching as to War - Elizabeth F. Desnoyers Colas - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

Marching as to War - Elizabeth F. Desnoyers Colas - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

Since the American Revolution, African American women have served in every U.S. military conflict. Despite this dedicated service to their country, very little empirical research has been published regarding African American servicewomen, including those who have served in the Gulf Wars. Seen through the eyes of eleven African American servicewomen, this book explores issues such as health care, child care, sexism/sexual harassment, racism, religion, military promotions/career advancement, and serving in combat zones. Their stories illuminate the types of professional, sociological, and interpersonal experiences black servicewomen have encountered during their time in the Gulf Wars. To learn more about Marching as to War, check out Elizabeth Desnoyers-Colas'' blog post at http://rhetoricraceandreligion.blogspot.com/2014/05/stories-that-must-be-told-sharing.html

DKK 317.00
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The Theory and Practice of Associative Power - Stephen B. Young - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

The Theory and Practice of Associative Power - Stephen B. Young - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

To succeed in achieving its national security objectives the United States needs to use Associative Power in place of both Hard Power and Soft Power. Associative Power is the use of joint ventures and alliances to optimize the forms of power brought to bear in conflicts responding with precision to a spectrum of enemy threats, situational challenges, and political opportunities. Associative Power was wisely and successfully used by the United States in the Vietnam War through the CORDS program of counter insurgency and village development to defeat the Viet Cong insurgency and permit the withdrawal of American combat forces. Associative power was not used by the United States—nor was the best counter insurgency practices of CORDS—in the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts. As a result of this omission, interim outcomes in Iraq and Afghanistan did not acceptably accomplish American objectives.

DKK 450.00
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War and the Arc of Human Experience - Glenn Petersen - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

War and the Arc of Human Experience - Glenn Petersen - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

Glenn Petersen flew seventy combat missions in Vietnam when he was nineteen, launching from an aircraft carrier in the Tonkin Gulf. He’d sought out the weighty responsibilities and hazardous work. But why? What did the cultural architecture of the society he grew up in have to do with the way he went to war? In this book he looks at the war from an anthropological perspective because that’s how he’s made his living in all the subsequent years: it’s how he sees the world. While anthropologists write about the military and war these days, they do so from the perspective of researchers. What makes this a fully original contribution is that Petersen brings to the page the classic methodology of ethnographers, participant observation—a kind of total immersion. He writes from the dual perspectives of an insider and a researcher and seeks in the specifics of lived experience some larger conclusions about humans’ social lives in general. Petersen was long oblivious to what had happened to him in Vietnam and he fears that young men and women who’ve been fighting the US military’s wars in Afghanistan and Iraq might be similarly unaware of what’s happened to them. Skills that allowed him to survive in combat, in particular his ability to focus tightly on the challenges directly in front of him, seemed to transfer well to life after war. The same intensity led him to a successful academic career, including the time he represented the Micronesian islands at the United Nations; how could anything be wrong? Then surreptitiously, the danger, the stress, and the trauma he’d hidden away broke through a brittle shell and the war came spilling out. As an anthropologist he sees in this a classic pattern: an adaptation to one set of conditions is put to a new and practical use when conditions change, but in time what had once been beneficial turns into maladaptive behavior. In writing about why we fight, he shed lights on what the fighting does to us.

DKK 214.00
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Somewhere in France, Somewhere in Germany - Francis P. Sempa - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

Somewhere in France, Somewhere in Germany - Francis P. Sempa - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

In Somewhere in France, Somewhere in Germany, Francis P. Sempa tells the story of father''s journey through the Second World War. Frank F. Sempa entered military service as part of the 29th Infantry Division in April 1941, landed on Omaha Beach on D-Day-plus one, fought in the treacherous hedgerows of Normandy, participated in the capture of St. Lo and the siege of Brest, assaulted the fortifications of the Siegfried Line, crossed the Rhine River, and reached the west bank of the Elbe River. He earned the Bronze Star, Combat Infantryman''s Badge, the Arrowhead, four campaign ribbons, and the Good Conduct Medal. Throughout, Sempa dutifully wrote letters home to his parents and brother. Using those letters, local newspaper articles, the 29th Division''s After Action Reports, and several books about the history of the 29th Division in World War II, Francis Sempa traces his father''s steps from training camps in the United States and England to the battlefields of France and Germany.

DKK 361.00
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The Social Context of the Mau Mau Movement in Kenya (1952-1960) - Muigai Kanyua - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

The Social Context of the Mau Mau Movement in Kenya (1952-1960) - Muigai Kanyua - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

The Social Context of the Mau Mau Movement in Kenya (1952-1960) explores the social aspects of the Mau Mau Movement, which have been relatively unexamined in scholarly studies of the movement. This work situates the Mau Mau in the context of "Social Movement" literature; and more importantly, blends theory and practice through the use of first-hand narrative from Muigai Kanyua, a fighter in the Mau Mau forest for at least three years. Muigai Kanyua describes the need for strong social networks, trust, faith, and determination in the community and how the Mau Mau provided this courage and perseverance. Through detailed research and Kanyua''s narrative, author Kinuthia Macharia explores the social climate that united different clans and ethnic groups and sustained the Mau Mau Movement. The work also examines the role of women in the movement and combat, and the enduring relevance of the Mau Mau movement in Kenya''s politics and economic development.

DKK 370.00
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The Armed Forces and American Social Change - Troy Mosley - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

The Armed Forces and American Social Change - Troy Mosley - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

UnwrittenTruce is a powerful depiction of Black Americans’ struggle for equality told through the lens of uniformed military service. Mosley uses superb story-telling, personal vignettes, and historical examples to show how millions of Americans have lifted themselves from oppression through opportunities gleaned from military service. Collectively these efforts exerted positive outward pressure on American society and by in large has resisted all forms of social change. One of the unique aspects of combat is that rarely are Americans more equal than when thrust into harms way. It has been said there are no atheists in combat; similarly, racism, sexism, and homophobia quickly go by the wayside when under enemy fire.Yet in the 19 th century and well into the 21 st century, America’s military policies regarding the use of manpower could best be described as an awkward attempt to balance the requirement to win the nation’s wars while supporting a socio-political caste system. President Harry Truman signed Executive Order 9981 on July 26, 1948 in response to police violence perpetrated against Black veterans. His actions broke this trend and set the military on the path to true meritocracy. Today, retired general Lloyd Austin is the first black American Secretary of Defense in part due to the barriers broken down by men and women who served before him. The armed services fiercely resisted integration, gender equality, and LGBTQ equality but over time have grown to value America’s well spring of diversity as a strategic and operational advantage. Under the Trump administration many of the military’s policies supporting transgender inclusion were reversed, making the U.S. military one of many institutions caught in the ideological tug of war regarding social change, which is at the heart of the present day American polarization. For as far as America has come, we still have work to do for Truman’s vision of equality of opportunity to become a reality for all Americans. Join this thought-provoking narrative that celebrates the brave American military pioneers and challenges us all to continue the push for a better expression of America.

DKK 355.00
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The Moltke Myth - Terence Zuber - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

The Moltke Myth - Terence Zuber - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

The Moltke Myth is author Terence Zuber''s groundbreaking book on Helmuth Karl Bernhard Graf von Moltke, the chief of staff of the Prussian Army for thirty years. Often referred to as Moltke the Elder, he is portrayed today as the nearly-infallible victor of the Prussian wars in 1864 against Denmark, in 1866 against Austria, and in 1871 against France. Moltke the Elder is known as a brilliant, innovative planner and master of the battlefield. The Moltke Myth shows that this "common knowledge" is based solely on hero-worship and simplistic generalizations. Zuber, a career infantry officer, subjects Moltke''s plans and orders to a militarily professional analysis. He asserts a new premise that Moltke was a normal human being who made grave errors like systematically failing to use cavalry reconnaissance and never knowing the location of his enemy. Zuber presents the true story about how realistic peacetime training and tactical excellence in combat helped the Prussian army win battles. The Moltke Myth offers stimulating new perspectives on tactics and strategy in the Wars of German Unification

DKK 583.00
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The Lucy Memorial Freed Slaves' Home - Frank A. Salamone - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

The Lucy Memorial Freed Slaves' Home - Frank A. Salamone - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

Fieldwork has been combined with archival research conducted in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Nigeria to explicate the manner in which the Sudan United Mission strove to create a Christian Northern Nigerian identity in order to combat a Muslim Hausa identity. To accomplish this transformation, the missionaries created a home for freed Nigerian slaves; it was named after Lucy Guinness Kumm, one of its founders. The story of the home and its use takes place in the midst of Lord Lugard''s colonial ideal of indirect rule and the working misunderstanding in which local rulers presumably conducted local affairs in an independent manner free from direction from the colonial government. The reality was much different and each of the participants chose to ''misunderstand'' the actions, motives, and histories of the others. These included indigenous Muslim rulers, so-called ''pagans,'' colonial officials, and missionaries. In the midst of numerous intrigues, the Sudan United Mission took care of over 200 freed slave children and initiated significant educational reforms. The depiction of a plural society and its expatriates is a major contribution. The book has value for studies in education, colonial history, and cultural anthropology.

DKK 361.00
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A 'Yankee' in the 'Texas Army' - Dennis A. Connole - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

A 'Yankee' in the 'Texas Army' - Dennis A. Connole - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

Dennis "Joe" Connole was an ordinary soldier. He spent four years, three months, and seventeen days in the U.S. Army during World War II. From March 1942, until December 1943, he was a member of the 26th "Yankee" Division on Coast Patrol duty in Maine. In early 1944, Joe Connole shipped out to the European Theater of Operations (ETO), where he joined the 36th "Texas" Division as a replacement: thus, a "Yankee" in the "Texas Army." In June 1944, he received a Purple Heart for shrapnel wounds inflicted in Italy. On August 25, 1944, in France, Joe Connole became a battle-fatigue casualty. After several weeks in a hospital, he recovered and returned to his unit to finish out the war. Unbeknownst to family members, he suffered from Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) for many years after the war. This book details how men who experience the brutal horrors of combat are forever changed. Memories of traumatic experiences in battle left deep psychological scars, resulting in years of emotional pain and suffering. The healing process for many veterans was a gradual one.Through in-depth historical research of several years, Dennis A. Connole recaptures his father''s military experiences in order to understand his dad as a father and as a person, and how he became the man he was after the war.

DKK 1151.00
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A 'Yankee' in the 'Texas Army' - Dennis A. Connole - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

A 'Yankee' in the 'Texas Army' - Dennis A. Connole - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

Dennis ''Joe'' Connole was an ordinary soldier. He spent four years, three months, and seventeen days in the U.S. Army during World War II. From March 1942, until December 1943, he was a member of the 26th ''Yankee'' Division on Coast Patrol duty in Maine. In early 1944, Joe Connole shipped out to the European Theater of Operations (ETO), where he joined the 36th ''Texas'' Division as a replacement: thus, a ''Yankee'' in the ''Texas Army.'' In June 1944, he received a Purple Heart for shrapnel wounds inflicted in Italy. On August 25, 1944, in France, Joe Connole became a battle-fatigue casualty. After several weeks in a hospital, he recovered and returned to his unit to finish out the war. Unbeknownst to family members, he suffered from Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) for many years after the war. This book details how men who experience the brutal horrors of combat are forever changed. Memories of traumatic experiences in battle left deep psychological scars, resulting in years of emotional pain and suffering. The healing process for many veterans was a gradual one.Through in-depth historical research of several years, Dennis A. Connole recaptures his father''s military experiences in order to understand his dad as a father and as a person, and how he became the man he was after the war.

DKK 574.00
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