What Have We Done: The Moral Injury of Our Longest Wars
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Most Americans are now familiar with PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) and its prevalence among troops. In this groundbreaking new book, David Wood examines the far more pervasive yet less understood experience of those we send to war: moral injury, the violation of our fundamental values of right and wrong that so often occurs in the impossible moral dilemmas of modern conflict. It is a call to listen intently to our newest generation of veterans, and to ponder the inevitable human costs of putting American "boots on the ground" as new wars approach. --
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Thought-provoking and challenging read about the hidden moral injuries sustained by our soldiers fighting modern wars that don't play by the traditional rules. This book highlights the disconnect between the people choosing the wars, and their ideas of how to “heal” their soldiers, and the people doing the fighting, and those men and women actively involved with helping those soldiers heal. I think this is an important read, and I'd hope it receives wide readership.
