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This Veterans’ Book Club Finds Resonance in War Stories from Thousands of Years Ago

By Lexi Krupp — 2021

Reading about the challenges of war presented in literature―and having the chance to talk through them with other combat veterans―has made these Monday night meetings feel sacred for many who attend.

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Heal the Warrior, Heal the Country

Breaking the cycle of war making: our country will not find peace until we take responsibility for our wars.

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Edward Tick
2008
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Study Asks If War Makes A Person More ... Or Less ... Religious

What's the link between war and religion? Does living through the traumas of conflict make people more religious – or turn them against religion?

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Diane Cole
2019
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How PTSD Became a Problem Far Beyond the Battlefield

Because PTSD is a natural response to danger, it’s almost unavoidable in the short term and mostly self-correcting in the long term. Only about 20 percent of people exposed to trauma react with long-term (chronic) PTSD.

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Sebastian Junger
2015
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Einstein’s Letter to Freud About the Psychology of War and Governance

Einstein admired Freud’s work and believed that some of his psychological ideas could help him unravel the eternal problem of man’s affinity for violence.

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Mike Colagrossi
2019
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The Myth of Religious Violence

The popular belief that religion is the cause of the world’s bloodiest conflicts is central to our modern conviction that faith and politics should never mix. But the messy history of their separation suggests it was never so simple

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Karen Armstrong
2014
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