Reply #7: Combat Trauma & the Problem of Returning Home

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On Saturday, December 30 at 2:30 pm
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Combat Trauma & the Problem of Returning Home
Nathaniel Fick and Jonathan Shay
Watch now - http://www.booktv.org/ram/feature/1106/btv111206_4b.ram

Nathaniel Fick and Dr. Jonathan Shay talk about their books and discuss what it is like for soldiers going to and returning home from war. Nathaniel Fick is the author of "One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer." Jonathan Shay's latest is "Odysseus in America: Combat Trauma and the Trials of Homecoming." Mr. Fick served in Afghanistan and Iraq, and Dr. Shay has worked with Vietnam Veterans for 20 years.

Dr. Jonathan Shay has been a staff psychiatrist at the Dept. of Veteran's Affairs outpatient clinic in Boston, Massachusetts since 1987. Dr. Shay works with Vietnam Veterans who suffer from severe pyschological injuries. Between September 1, 2004 and August 31, 2005, he was Chair of Ethics, Leadership, and Personnel Policy in the Office of the US Army Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel. Nathaniel Fick is an MBA candidate at Harvard Business School. Mr. Fick was comissioned as a 2nd lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps after graduating with high honors from Dartmouth College in 1999. He served in Afghanistan and Iraq.