Book Review: Adam Montgomery, The Invisible Injured: Psychological Trauma in the Canadian Military From the First World War to Afghanistan
Here is a link to my review of the subject book, which appeared on The Strategy Bridge (TSB) this week. For those of you who aren’t familiar with it, […]
Book Review: David Finkel, Thank You For Your Service
David Finkel, Thank You For Your Service. Toronto: Bond Street Books, 2013. I am slowly working my way through a stack of books about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan […]
What Sarah Palin Got Wrong About PTSD
I confess that I am not a great fan of Sarah Palin. Part of me thinks she embodies everything that is wrong with political discourse today, though I am grateful […]
Book Review, Redeployment by Phil Klay
Redeployment by Phil Klay (Penguin 2014) Redeployment may be the strongest and most literary work of fiction to have emerged from America’s recent wars, deserving comparison with Kevin Powers’ The […]
The Christian Century on PTSD as Moral Injury
The June 2015 issue of Christianity Today features a cover story by Annalaura Montgomery Chuang entitled “War Torn: PTSD Is Not Just A Trauma Of The Mind But Trauma […]
Is PTSD A Defence For Moral Lapses? The Case of Senator Walsh
In yesterday’s post on military medals and integrity, I mentioned that embellishing one’s credentials is a fairly common failing. A case in point is U.S. Senator John Walsh […]
“I’d Already Rehearsed How I Would Kill Myself”: New Treatment Hope For Those With PTSD
I’ve been tracking stories about eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR) for about a year now, though the therapy has been around for several decades. I’m not a medical man, […]
“I Landed Crazy”: An Iraq Memoir Of Note
Military blogger and journalist Tom Ricks has been flagging a book that I want to move quickly to the top of my reading list. The Long Walk is a memoir […]
The Hidden Costs Of Drone Warfare
A French Air Force drone is released in Afghanistan in 2009: unmanned drones and cyberwarfare are set to be growth industries. Photograph: Joel Saget/AFP/Getty ImagesDrone warfare is something Mad Padre […]
Thoughts on Staff Sgt. Bales, PTSD, and the Way Ahead
Staff Sgt. Robert Bales (left), the U.S. soldier who allegedly shot and killed 16 civilians in Afghanistan, at the National Training Center in Fort Irwin, Calif., on Aug. 23.Defense Video […]