in this strikingly original and groundbreaking book dr shay examines the psychological devastation of war by comparing the soldiers of homers iliad with vietnam veterans suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder although the iliad was written twentyseven centuries ago it has much to teach about combat trauma as do the more recent compelling voices and experiences of vietnam vets pbh hrabnky bthoryov kter pravdiv a vrn popsal joo ninnsky v romnu achtick pan se odehrv na rozhran 16 a 17 stolet a erp ze skutench udlostdj je nabit nejen zajmavmi historickmi a dobovmi fakty ale je pedevm napnavm a detektivnm tenm vyvrcholenm dje je nekonen a chorobn touha achtick pan bt za kadou cenu krsnou tato touha byla pinou zmaen ivot mnoha nevinnch a mladch dvek