American and NATO Veteran Reintegration

Gary Senecal is assistant professor at Assumption University.MaryCatherine McDonald is assistant professor at Old Dominion University.

• Chapter 1: Planting the Seeds for PTSD in Military TrainingChapter 2: IdentityChapter 3: SolidarityChapter 4: Idealism Shame, Aggrandizement & Entitlement

MaryCatherine McDonald and Gary Senecal's provocative new book, American and NATO Veteran Reintegration, tells a story that is not only about returning veterans and their personal challenges and crises, but also about those strands of American culture that have made the process of returning more painful and deadly than it ought to be. In telling this story, they also seek to show that PTSD, rather than being rooted solely in the individual, is more appropriately framed relationally, in terms of the interplay of person and world. Alongside the possible need for psychotherapy, therefore, is the need for a broader socio-therapy, one oriented toward providing a more suitable home for those seeking true shelter from the storm of war.