Two Books on PTSD

Recently two books have appeared on the market with the same title, and which address the same issue.  Both are called "Haunted By Combat."  While both are interesting, it is the second, Haunted by Combat: Understanding PTSD in War Veterans Including Women, Reservists, and Those Coming Back from Iraq, by Daryl S. Paulsen and Stanley Krippner, and published by Praeger Security International (2007) that may be most worth reading. 

In it the author traces the effect of post traumatic stress through several wars and comes to the conclusion that while they bear a great deal in common, there are also some very distinct and interesting differences from war to war.  Bringing it up to date, he comments on the fact that there appear to be a larger percentage of head wounds in Iraq, probably due to the advances in body armor, and that this requires that more psychological aid be available.

Check the catalog of Greenwood Press at http://www.greenwood.com/catalog/C9187.aspx, or Praeger Security International at http://www.greenwood.com/psi/

Senior Fellow Paul M. Edwards