1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910963992603321

Autore

Etherington Kim

Titolo

Trauma, drug misuse, and transforming identities : a life story approach / / Kim Etherington ; foreword by Monty Don

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Philadelphia, : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2008

ISBN

9786611143237

9781281143235

1281143235

9781846426797

1846426790

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (227 pages.)

Disciplina

362.29092/2

Soggetti

Drug abuse - Patients

Post-traumatic stress disorder

Psychic trauma

Self-perception

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 indexes.

Nota di contenuto

FRONT COVER; Trauma, Drug Misuse and Transforming Identities: A Life Story Approach; Contents; Foreword by Monty Don; Acknowledgements; Prologue: Hannah's Story; Part 1: Setting the Scene; 1. Introduction; 2. Trauma, Drug Misuse and Transforming Identity; Part 2: The Stories; 3. Omar's Story, Part 1; 4. Omar's Story, Part 2; 5. Becky's Story; 6. Steven's Story; 7. Josie's Story; 8. George's Story; 9. John's Story; 10. Levi's Story; Part 3: Thinking across the Stories; 11. Impact of Trauma on Selves and Relationships; 12. Problematic Drug Use and Turning Points; 13. Transforming Identities

ReferencesSubject Index; Author Index;

Sommario/riassunto

Looking at the life stories of ex-drug misusers in their own words, this book offers insights into the nature of addiction and how it can be tackled. It examines the links between early childhood experiences and drug misuse and also shows pathways to recovery and transformation. Kim Etherington highlights the therapeutic value of listening to drug



misusers' life stories and the importance of understanding how social environments and the wider cultural influences shape people's lives. She encourages people working with drug misusers to challenge pathologising notions of 'spoiled identity', whic

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910961449803321

Autore

Stoker Donald J

Titolo

The grand design : strategy and the U.S. Civil War / / Donald Stoker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2010

ISBN

0-19-975256-7

1-282-63925-0

9786612639258

0-19-970660-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (513 p.)

Classificazione

HIS000000HIS036010HIS036050

Disciplina

973.7/13

Soggetti

Strategy - History - 19th century

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Campaigns

United States Military policy

Confederate States of America Military policy

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

Contents; List of Maps; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Policy and War; 2 The Sinews of War; 3 Mr. Lincoln Goes to War; 4 The Border States: Policy, Strategy, and Civil-Military Relations; 5 McClellan on Top: Union Strategy, July 1861-October 1861; 6 Union Strategy: November 1861-March 1862; 7 The Foundations of Naval Strategy; 8 The War in the West: Breaking the Cordon; 9 A New Year-and a New Strategy; 10 War in Virginia; 11 Confusion in the West: The Summer of 1862; 12 The Tyranny of Time; 13 Facing the Arithmetic: Escalation and Destruction; 14 The Enormous Proportions of War

15 Vicksburg and Exhaustion16 The Cruel Summer of 1863: The Gettysburg Campaign; 17 The Autumn of 1863: Playing the Deep Game; 18 The Siren Song of Tennessee: The Winter of 1863-64; 19



Decision and Desperation, 1864; 20 The Full Fury of Modern War; 21 War Termination; 22 Conclusion: In War's Shadow; Abbreviations; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Of the tens of thousands of books exploring virtually every aspect of the Civil War, surprisingly little has been said about what was in fact the determining factor in the outcome of the conflict: differences in Union and Southern strategy. In The Grand Design, Donald Stoker provides a comprehensive and often surprising account of strategy as it evolved between Fort Sumter and Appomattox. Reminding us that strategy is different from tactics (battlefield deployments) and operations (campaigns conducted in pursuit of a strategy), Stoker examines how Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis identified