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The War Within: One More Step at a Time (Doonesbury Books (Andrews & McMeel))
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.569
EAN: 9780740762024
ISBN: 0740762028
Label: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Manufacturer: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 112
Publication Date: 2006-09-01
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Studio: Andrews McMeel Publishing
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Customer review of: The War Within: One More Step at a Time (Doonesbury Books (Andrews & McMeel))
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Summary: So accurately descriptive, it is used in the treatment of veterans suffering from PTSD
Comment: My wife Kathy is a counselor with a specialty in Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) applied to war veterans. The internship in her master's program was at the local vet's center and she still maintains contact with the people who work there. I had reviewed another Doonesbury book and another counselor who works with vets contacted me and said that she used this book in her treatment programs. She asked me if I knew of any follow up to the story told here.
The premise is that B. D. has lost a leg in Iraq and while he now has a prosthesis and his physical wounds have healed, there are deeper, subtler wounds that are opening over time. This is a chronicle of his actions, denial, his and other's disbelief regarding his problems and his halting journey to treatment. At my request, Kathy also read this book and she has been emphatic that this description is exactly the way it usually goes for veterans with PTSD.
As you read the cartoons, you emphasize with B. D. as he struggles to come to grips with the fact that he has a problem. The people around him find it hard to cope, as they have no understanding of the source of his odd behavior. Finally, he makes contact with a counselor at a vet's center and you are relieved when it appears that he will be able to deal with the problems and live a reasonably normal life.
Once you understand that these problems are real, it makes you all the more shameful when you read and see stories about the lack of long-term care veterans are receiving as they come back from Iraq and Afghanistan. It takes time for PTSD to emerge as a condition; many times it appears nearly a year after the soldiers have been passed through the initial treatment they receive immediately after returning.
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Summary: potent
Comment: Doonesbury has always been cutting edge and great social and political satire. But Trudeau's work has always had a serious, important edge to it. The War Within shows that. It shows the struggle of returning vets.
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Summary: insights and support
Comment: connecting veterans and those who share their lives with the reality of their struggles, in this easily understandable format, is a great service. "If we cannot learn our history, we are doomed to repeat it."
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Summary: Highly recommended
Comment: Featuring a foreword by General Richard B. Myers (USAF, Ret., Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff) The War Within: One More Step At A Time is a unique collection of G. B. Trudeau's Doonesbury newspaper comics that is not only humorous, but also cutting-edge relevant . The strips follow the daily life Vietnam, Gulf War, and Iraq War veteran B.D., whose tour of duty was cut short by a near-death experience, the loss of his leg, and perhaps most shockingly, the loss of his iconic helmet. Far more life-altering than the physical damage is the post-traumatic stress disorder that leaves him increasingly disoriented, hostile, withdrawn, and turning to alcohol to self-medicate. When B.D. is on the verge of mistaking friends and family for mortal enemies, the turning point comes when he overhears his own daughter say that she has become afraid of him. Help comes in the form of the local Vet Center, and the skillful aid of counselor and fellow Vietnam vet Elias. The War Within brims with classic Trudeau wit, yet also reveals the author's resolve to accurately portray the harrowing pressures America's armed forces are subject to during and after risking their lives in the service. Highly recommended. Proceeds from "The War Within" are to benefit Fisher House, a "home away from home" for families of patients receiving medical care at major military and VA medical centers.
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Summary: Worth the wait!
Comment: Received and read "The War Within" last week but find it hard to characterize this one. While BD was the central figure in "The Long Road Home" I think this one has a cast of figures with equally important stories to tell. BD continues his journey but one gets a much deeper understanding of his pain and struggles as well as those of his family.
Adding to the story are his counselor Elias, as skillful and intuitive as any of us could hope to ever be and the ever clever Celeste... an equally skillful counselor in secretarial clothing! "The War Within" will be required reading in one of the classes I teach Spring semester.
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The initial stages of B.D.'s recovery from losing a leg in Iraq were dramatically portrayed in The Long Road Home: One Step at a Time, but his healing journey was far from over. As this powerful sequel shows, the "war within" can be a long and lonely struggle, hardly the life of a "glamorous amputee" imagined by his daughter's jealous classmate. With his coaching job at Walden re-secured and the marathon PT sessions paying off, B.D.'s return to normalcy seems to be progressing well. But those who love him see alarming signs of trouble, namely anger and alcohol. First there's the punching of an MP. Then there's the daily breakfast of beer, a subject not open for discussion even with a best-intentioned friend like Mike Doonesbury. And "the screaming at night isn't very Christmassy," Boopsie notes. As B.D. admits to his doctor, "I'd rather sleep with my weapon than my wife! How messed up is that?" Messed up enough that our wounded warrior forces himself to begin circling the local Vet Center, where he is gently and skillfully reeled in by a remarkable counselor and fellow Vietnam Vet named Elias. Their sessions together form an extraordinary and moving chronicle of catharsis and coming-to-terms. The words "Welcome home, soldier," are powerful and transformative, and B.D. is fortunate in finally getting to a place where he can hear them. Proceeds from sales of The War Within benefit Fisher House.
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