Soldier From The War Returning

Author : Thomas Childers
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 9780618773688

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Soldier from the War Returning by Thomas Childers Pdf

One of our most enduring national myths surrounds the men and women who fought in the so-called "Good War." The Greatest Generation, we're told by Tom Brokaw and others, fought heroically, then returned to America happy, healthy and well-adjusted. They quickly and cheerfully went on with the business of rebuilding their lives. In this shocking and hauntingly beautiful book, historian Thomas Childers shatters that myth. He interweaves the intimate story of three families--including his own--with a decades' worth of research to paint an entirely new picture of the war's aftermath. Drawing on government documents, interviews, oral histories and diaries, he reveals that 10,000 veterans a month were being diagnosed with psycho-neurotic disorder (now known as PTSD). Alcoholism, homelessness, and unemployment were rampant, leading to a skyrocketing divorce rate. Many veterans bounced back, but their struggle has been lost in a wave of nostalgia that threatens to undermine a new generation of returning soldiers. Novelistic in its telling and impeccably researched, Childers's book is a stark reminder that the price of war is unimaginably high. The consequences are human, not just political, and the toll can stretch across generations.

Author : Charles Carrington
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781844153633

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Soldier from the Wars Returning by Charles Carrington Pdf

Soldier from the Wars Returning is one of the truest, most profound and readable personal accounts of the Great War. The author waited nearly fifty years before writing it, and the perspective of history enhances its value. He writes only of the battles in which he participated (including the Somme and Passchendaele), though his comments on affairs beyond his knowledge at the time, through later study and reflection, are pungent and stimulating. Among other topics, he describes the politicians, the generals, Kitchener's Army, Hore-Belisha, German gas attacks, Picardy, dug-outs, tanks, the sex-life of the soldier, scrounging. trench kits and the censoring of letters. The author saw the First World War from below, as a fighting soldier in a line regiment. In the Second World War he served as a staff officer liaising between the Army and the RAF; serving two tours at RAF Bomber Command HQ at High Wycombe. This equipped him to draw forthright comparisons between the conduct of the two wars.

Author : Rebecca West
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2022-11-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547387077

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The Return of the Soldier by Rebecca West Pdf

The Return of the Soldier recounts the return of the shell shocked Captain Chris Baldry from the trenches of the First World War from the perspective of his cousin Jenny. The novel grapples with the soldier's return from World War I with mental trauma and its effects on the family, and sheds light on their fraught relationships. The successful treatment of the traumatised returned soldier is a fundamental element of The Return of the Soldier. Unlike Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway and Dorothy L. Sayers' The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club, this novel lends certain optimism that the soldier can be reintegrated into society. The novel was adapted into a film of the same name in 1982. Excerpt: "That day its beauty was an affront to me, because, like most Englishwomen of my time, I was wishing for the return of a soldier. Disregarding the national interest and everything else except the keen prehensile gesture of our hearts toward him, I wanted to snatch my Cousin Christopher from the wars and seal him in this green pleasantness his wife and I now looked upon. Of late I had had bad dreams about him. By nights I saw Chris running across the brown rottenness of No-Man's-Land..."

Author : Melvyn Bragg
Publisher : Skyhorse
Page : 999 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2011-11-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781628723526

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The Soldier's Return by Melvyn Bragg Pdf

Right from the start, when the train carrying British soldier Sam Richardson home to Wigton after his service in the Burma campaign breaks down two miles from town and he and his army comrades have to walk home, it is clear we are in the hands of a compassionate, clear-sighted writer. Bragg's work has been compared to that of Hardy and D.H. Lawrence, not without some justice. His smalltown people are closely and warmly observed, but without a shred of sentimentality, and although this story is familiar¢a man home from a dehumanizing war finds it hard to readjust¢it has seldom been imbued with such rueful humanity. For Sam, England after WWII, and after the sufferings he and his men endured in the frightful jungle campaigns, is stuffy and limiting; soon he starts dreaming of wider horizons. His adored wife, Ellen, however, is happily rooted in the little northern town where she grew up; their small son, Joe, who has hardly known his father, is bewitched but also terrified of him. How the family works out its fate in the shabby postwar years is Braggs story, and he makes of it something at once endearing and heroic. So many scenes, the regimental reunion, Joe's efforts to win friends among the tough town kids, a final scene at a railway station as heartrending as the movie Brief Encounter, linger in the mind. The book is a small classic, deeply touching and true. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade, Yucca, and Good Books imprints, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in fiction—novels, novellas, political and medical thrillers, comedy, satire, historical fiction, romance, erotic and love stories, mystery, classic literature, folklore and mythology, literary classics including Shakespeare, Dumas, Wilde, Cather, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

Author : Joe Glenton
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2013-06-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781781680926

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Soldier Box by Joe Glenton Pdf

"I looked around my cell and saw the sheet of paper taped to the door at chest height. It listed everything in the room, chair, bed, soldier box … For a moment I thought it meant the cell itself; a box to put soldiers in." When the War on Terror began, Briton Joe Glenton felt compelled to serve his nation. He passed through basic training and deployed to Afghanistan in 2006. What he saw overseas left him disillusioned, and he returned home increasingly political and manifesting symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. When he refused to return for a second tour, he was denied his right to object and called “a coward and a malingerer.” He went absent without leave and left the country, returning later to the UK voluntarily to campaign against the wars. The military accused him of desertion and threatened years in prison. Soldier Box tells the story of Glenton’s extraordinary journey from a promising soldier to a rebel against what he came to see as unjustified military action.

Author : Thomas Childers
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2004-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0805057536

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In the Shadows of War by Thomas Childers Pdf

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Author : RaeAnne Thayne
Publisher : Harlequin
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2019-01-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781488041778

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A Soldier's Return by RaeAnne Thayne Pdf

The Women of Brambleberry House are back! Returning home to Cannon Beach and living in Brambleberry House, a place where good things seemed destined to happen, had brought Melissa Fielding and her young daughter such joy. Perhaps it was no accident when the single mom “bumped” into Eli Sanderson, and discovered the handsome doctor was also back in town. The ex-soldier was still so captivating, but also more guarded. Was now the time to put old ghosts to rest?

Author : Britta Reque-Dragicevic
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2008-10
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9780595489015

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Close to Home by Britta Reque-Dragicevic Pdf

Life after war is not what you expect it to be. Whether you have served in front-line combat or experienced second-hand the destructive forces of war-your soul has been impacted. For war survivors and their families, life after war can be a confusing time. What happens after war? What can you expect? What issues will you face? In Close to Home, combat survivors and their families find a raw, tell-it-like-it-is, compassion-filled account of what survivors often go through when they come home. Facing deep emotional, mental and spiritual wounds, war survivors feel shattered on the inside. In this book, survivors find hope, inspiration and encouragement to pick up the fragments of "life before war" and rebuild a new identity. Families gain invaluable insight into what goes through the hearts and minds of survivors and what they can do to help. The journey to healing is long, but it no longer has to be silent. "This is an important book because it confronts an issue which thousands of soldiers face-how to return to "normal" life after war ." --Edith M. Lederer, co-author of War Torn: Stories of War from the Women Reporters who Covered Vietnam

Author : Thomas Childers
Publisher : Addison Wesley Publishing Company
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1995-04-26
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015033976377

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Wings Of Morning by Thomas Childers Pdf

Childers (history, U. of Pennsylvania) draws on correspondence and diaries from US airmen to tell the story of one of the last air missions in the European theater of WWII. He reconstructs the lives and deaths of the 12-member crew of the Black Cat, and tells of the families' search for details about crash survivors. Childers is the nephew of the Black Cat's radio operator. Contains bandw photos. Lacks an index. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : George G. Ritchie,Elizabeth Sherrill
Publisher : Baker Books
Page : 119 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2023-01-31
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781493441112

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Return from Tomorrow by George G. Ritchie,Elizabeth Sherrill Pdf

The True Story of an Uncharted Journey Through the Afterlife As a world war raged around him, a young soldier named George Ritchie barely comprehended his own death as he left the physical world--only to return minutes later. Yet in the space between death and coming back to life, he experienced eternity. In this riveting true story, Dr. George Ritchie shares some of the most stunning and detailed descriptions of life after death. You'll encounter other non-physical beings, travel through different dimensions of time and space, and discover a series of worlds--some hellish in their separation from life, some glorious in their heavenly brilliance. But most amazingly, you'll witness his transformational meeting with the Light of the world, the Son of God. Hailed as one of the most amazing visions of the afterlife ever recorded, Ritchie's experience forever changed the course of his life and his understanding of the realm beyond our own--and it can do the same for you.

Author : Jamie MacWhirter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2016-12
Category : Afghan War, 2001-
ISBN : 1988358019

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A Soldier Returns by Jamie MacWhirter Pdf

Author : Rebecca West
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2022-09-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547346562

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The Return of the Soldier by Rebecca West Pdf

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Return of the Soldier" by Rebecca West. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Author : Bob Greene
Publisher : Putnam Publishing Group
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Public opinion
ISBN : UOM:39015014210382

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Homecoming by Bob Greene Pdf

Vietnam veterans recount what happened to them upon their return to the U.S.

Author : Brandon M. Schechter
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2019-10-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781501739804

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The Stuff of Soldiers by Brandon M. Schechter Pdf

The Stuff of Soldiers uses everyday objects to tell the story of the Great Patriotic War as never before. Brandon Schechter attends to a diverse array of things—from spoons to tanks—to show how a wide array of citizens became soldiers, and how the provisioning of material goods separated soldiers from civilians. Through a fascinating examination of leaflets, proclamations, newspapers, manuals, letters to and from the front, diaries, and interviews, The Stuff of Soldiers reveals how the use of everyday items made it possible to wage war. The dazzling range of documents showcases ethnic diversity, women's particular problems at the front, and vivid descriptions of violence and looting. Each chapter features a series of related objects: weapons, uniforms, rations, and even the knick-knacks in a soldier's rucksack. These objects narrate the experience of people at war, illuminating the changes taking place in Soviet society over the course of the most destructive conflict in recorded history. Schechter argues that spoons, shovels, belts, and watches held as much meaning to the waging of war as guns and tanks. In The Stuff of Soldiers, he describes the transformative potential of material things to create a modern culture, citizen, and soldier during World War II.

Author : Catherine Madison
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2015-09-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781452945712

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The War Came Home with Him by Catherine Madison Pdf

During his years as a POW in North Korea, “Doc” Boysen endured hardships he never intended to pass along, especially to his family. Men who refused to eat starved; his children would clean their plates. Men who were weak died; his children would develop character. They would also learn to fear their father, the hero. In a memoir at once harrowing and painfully poignant, Catherine Madison tells the stories of two survivors of one man’s war: a father who withstood a prison camp’s unspeakable inhumanity and a daughter who withstood the residual cruelty that came home with him. Doc Boysen died fifty years after his ordeal, his POW experience concealed to the end in a hidden cache of documents. In The War Came Home with Him, Madison pieces together the horrible tale these papers told—of a young captain in the U.S. Army Medical Corps captured in July 1950, beaten and forced to march without shoes or coat on icy trails through mountains to camps where North Korean and Chinese captors held him for more than three years. As the truth about her father’s past unfolds, Madison returns to a childhood troubled by his secret torment to consider, in a new light, the telling moments in their complex relationship. Beginning at her father’s deathbed, with all her questions still unspoken, and ending with their final conversation, Madison’s dual memoir offers a powerful, intimate perspective on the suppressed grief and thwarted love that forever alter a family when a wounded soldier brings his war home.