Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

War is war is war is war


"What we haven't learned about war we have repeated: Warriors as victims"
Achilles in Vietnam by Jonathan Shay, a psychiatrist who works with a group of Vietnam veterants with severe, chronic post-traumatic stress disorder and who was stuck by thier similat experiences to Achilles in Homer's Illiad. This book uses the story of Achilles to talk about the kinds of experiences which can damage sodiers during combat. This lead to a greater understanding of combat stress.
http://www.albany.edu/scj/jcjpc/vol2is5/achilles.html

This helps you understand PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder)
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.soldiersheart.org/education/soldierstearsm.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.soldiersheart.org/education/&usg=__puZtdalwwHxPZ1Ho_fNh8-AX2r0=&h=134&w=200&sz=9&hl=en&start=11&tbnid=QlkdidOs6GVlGM:&tbnh=70&tbnw=104&prev=/images%3Fq%3DAchilles%2Bin%2BVietnam%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG

Hamlet-Plenheim Palace

These are pictures of the Plenheim Palace, the Maze Garden, where Laertes and Ophelia were walking along, and the lake.
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/6261/blenheim.html

Odysseus in America

"WHAT MATTERS IN THE HEART OF A SODIER HASN'T CHANGED IN 3,000 YEARS"
As like Odysseus comes back home from the Trojan War, Odysseus in America is a modern day story of homecoming told through the voices o some of America's Irag war veterants. This a a feature-length documentary detailing the challeges that veterants face as they return home from the battlefiels of Irag.
http://www.odysseusinamerica.com/v2/