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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460046303321

Autore

Meagher Robert E.

Titolo

Killing from the inside out : moral injury and just war / / Robert Emmet Meagher ; foreword by Stanley Hauerwas ; afterword by Jonathan Shay

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Eugene, Oregon : , : Cascade Books, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-63087-452-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (190 p.)

Disciplina

172.42

Soggetti

War - Moral and ethical aspects

War neuroses

Veterans - Mental health - United States

Post-traumatic stress disorder

War - Psychological aspects

Just war doctrine

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Pages:1 to 25; Pages:26 to 50; Pages:51 to 75; Pages:76 to 100; Pages:101 to 125; Pages:126 to 150; Pages:151 to 175; Pages:176 to 190

Sommario/riassunto

Armies know all about killing. It is what they do, and ours does it more effectively than most. We are painfully coming to realize, however, that we are also especially good at killing our own ""from the inside out,"" silently, invisibly. In every major war since Korea, more of our veterans have taken their lives than have lost them in combat. The latest research, rooted in veteran testimony, reveals that the most severe and intractable PTSD--fraught with shame, despair, and suicide--stems from ""moral injury.""But how can there be rampant moral injury in what our military, our government, our