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This is a Canadian veteran’s experience of PTSD delivered in an intimate personal account that is as visceral as it is blunt — a courageous story of dark descent and painful triumph that stands as ...
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23 May 2017

A gripping account of PTSD, and a stark reminder that, for many, wars go on long after the last shot is fired.
In the shadows of army life is a world where friends become monsters, where kindness twists into assault, and where self-loathing and despair become constant companions. Whether you know it by old names like “soldier’s heart,” “shell shock,” or “combat fatigue,” post-traumatic stress disorder has left deep and silent wounds throughout history in the ranks of fighting forces.
Among the Walking Wounded tells one veteran’s experience of PTSD through an intimate personal account, as visceral as it is blunt. In a courageous story of descent and triumph, it tackles the stigma of PTSD head-on and brings an enduring message of struggle and hope for wounded Canadian veterans. This book is a must-read for anyone who cares about Canadian veterans and the dark war they face long after their combat service is ended.
In the shadows of army life is a world where friends become monsters, where kindness twists into assault, and where self-loathing and despair become constant companions. Whether you know it by old names like “soldier’s heart,” “shell shock,” or “combat fatigue,” post-traumatic stress disorder has left deep and silent wounds throughout history in the ranks of fighting forces.
Among the Walking Wounded tells one veteran’s experience of PTSD through an intimate personal account, as visceral as it is blunt. In a courageous story of descent and triumph, it tackles the stigma of PTSD head-on and brings an enduring message of struggle and hope for wounded Canadian veterans. This book is a must-read for anyone who cares about Canadian veterans and the dark war they face long after their combat service is ended.
Price: $24.99
Pages: 232
Publisher: Dundurn Press
Imprint: Dundurn Press
Publication Date:
23 May 2017
Trim Size: 9.00 X 6.00 in
ISBN: 9781459735132
Format: Paperback
BISACs:
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military, Memoirs, HISTORY / Military / Afghan War (2001-), PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Autobiography: historical, political & military, Military history: post-WW2 conflicts, Occupational & industrial psychology
Here is a soldier who speaks like a poet and writes like one too. It’s a story about PTSD from the inside out, but more than that, it’s an indictment of Veterans Affairs Canada and the other rigid, petty bureaucracies which have always existed to make things harder for men and women in uniform, but which do it now at real peril to their lives and health. Shame on them, and hooray for John Conrad.
John Conrad has served thirty-four years in the Canadian Army. A bestselling author and colonel in the Army Reserve, he has authored a number of books and articles on Canada’s involvement in Afghanistan, including What the Thunder Said, a Military Book of the Month club selection in 2009. Colonel Conrad currently resides near Cooking Lake, Alberta.
Acknowledgements
Terms and Abbreviations
Foreword (by Martha Rutherford Conrad)
Prologue
Introduction
Part 1: Grouping
Chapter 1: Doppelgänger
Chapter 2: Remnants
Chapter 3: The Widening Gyre
Chapter 4: Andy's Song
Part 2: Zeroing
Chapter 5: A Funeral For Trooper Caswell
Chapter 6: Forward Momentum
Chapter 7: The Lonesome Death of Corporal Joshua Wood
Chapter 8: The Sun Also Rises
Epilogue
Notes
Image Credits
Terms and Abbreviations
Foreword (by Martha Rutherford Conrad)
Prologue
Introduction
Part 1: Grouping
Chapter 1: Doppelgänger
Chapter 2: Remnants
Chapter 3: The Widening Gyre
Chapter 4: Andy's Song
Part 2: Zeroing
Chapter 5: A Funeral For Trooper Caswell
Chapter 6: Forward Momentum
Chapter 7: The Lonesome Death of Corporal Joshua Wood
Chapter 8: The Sun Also Rises
Epilogue
Notes
Image Credits