Kanter, Leona. The Social Construction of Vietnam Veteran's Identity. Ph.D. diss., University of Pittsburgh, 1988. MacPherson, Myra. Long Time Passing: Vietnam and the Haunted Generation. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1984; Achor Books, 1993. Puller, Lewis B. Jr. Fortunate Son: The Autobiography of Lewis B. Puller, Jr. New York: Grove Weidenfeld, 1991; Bantam, 1993. Award winning autobiography of a Marine Lieutenant who was the son of the legendary general "Chesty" Puller. Puller lost both legs to a booby trap explosive shortly after starting his tour in Vietnam. Much of the book deals with the challenges Puller faced in adjusting to both his injuries and the social environment in the US concerning the war. Rohde, Richard R. Identity, Self, and Disorder Among Vietnam Veterans: PTSD and the Emergence of an Electronic Community. Ph. D. diss. University of Hawaii, 1995. Available through UMI Dissertation Information Service. This is a very interesting study of both the academic discourse involving the social science critique of the bio-medical model of PTSD, and of veterans reaction to it - namely the formation of community. Rohde examines, in particular, the interplay of veterans on an Internet mailing list, including their own views on such issues as forgiveness and the interactions of veterans with Dr. Jonathan Shay who presents the bio-medical model in "Achilles in Vietnam". Scott, Wilbur J. The Politics of Readjustment: Vietnam Veterans Since the War. New York: Aldine deGruyter, 1993. Shay, Jonathan. Achilles in Vietnam: Combat Trauma and the Undoing of Character. New York: Atheneum 1994; Touchstone, 1995. The author is a psychiatrist for the Department of Veterans Affairs in Boston where he has had extensive dealings with veterans suffering from PTSD. The book tries to illuminate the causes and universality of this illness with passages from the classical Greek epic The Iliad and the witness of Vietnam veterans. An interesting exploration of the bio-medical model. Readers should note the Shay sometimes generalizes from the population of severe chronic PTSD sufferers to the wider Vietnam combat veteran population, a weakness in the book. See also Richard Rohde (above) for a critique of parts of this model. Wilcox, Fred A. Waiting for an Army to Die: The Tragedy of Agent Orange. New York: Vintage, 1983; reprint, Seven Locks Press, 1989. Section I: Historical and Social Science Analysis A: General Works B. The French War: World War II to the Geneva Accords C. Geneva to the American Combat Involvement in Vietnam (1954 - 1965) D. Period of US Ground Combat (1965 - 1972) E. From the American Withdrawal to the Fall of the South (1972 - 1975) F. Covert Operations and Intelligence G. Laos and Cambodia H. Military Personal Narratives and Oral Histories I. The Draft J. War Crime Allegations K. Culture and Politics in Vietnam L. North Vietnam, the PAVN and the NLF M. The Anti-War Movement in the US N. Veterans Issues O. POW/MIAs P. Document Collections and Reference Works Section II: Cultural Representations of the War A. Novels B. Folklore Back to Cry Havoc #21 Table of Contents Back to Cry Havoc List of Issues Back to MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1999 by David W. Tschanz. This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com