Book Description"Skillful and compassionate" (Newsweek), a groundbreaking study on the human cost of war Nominated for the National Book Award With a new preface from the author on the war in Iraq In Home from the War, the award-winning author and noted psychiatrist Robert Jay Lifton offers a powerful critique of American militarism озряа during the Vietnam War Recognized as the ultimate text for those working with Vietnam veterans, the book's insights have had enormous influence among psychologists and psychiatrists all over the world Lifton's new preface connects the experience of Vietnam veterans with that of veterans of the war in Iraq Both were brought into the "atrocity producing situations" that led to My Lai and Abu Ghraib Lifton raises the possibility that Iraq veterans could experience the kind of healing transformation that many who fought in Vietnam were able to achieve.  Dostoye2005 г 486 стр ISBN 1590511689.