What Readers are Saying
Powerful
“Powerful! Every page is shattering! Such a need for this to be public! Many thanks.”
Mac Gimse (“Maximus”), PhD, professor emeritus, St. Olaf College.
Comprehensive
“A comprehensive and much needed assessment of veterans in crisis, those who have returned from military combat to their hometowns in America but who have been unable to shake the devastating effects of war. Our family knows. Our grandson, a seriously wounded purple heart combat Marine who put his life on the line in Iraq and Afghanistan is one of so many vets whose civilian life has been throttled by PTSD.”
Peter F. “Gus” Charlston: BA, MA; Professor of Humanities and Ancient Greek Tragedy, Portland Community College; Steering Committee and Education Director, Classic Greek Theatre of Oregon.
Knowledge Builder
“Steve Lansing, PhD, LICSW and Colonel B. Wayne Quist, USAF Retired, both Vietnam veterans, set out to create a book to inform veterans of the nature of the disorder, illustrate its manifestations throughout recorded history, encourage them to seek professional treatment, and provide suggestions to keep from falling into an attitude of hopelessness and despair. The book is not intended as
do-it-yourself therapy. It is, instead, an awareness and knowledge builder with the goal of getting the PTSD sufferer to seek professional help. The document is replete with references to resources in the community and national organizations for support in the veteran’s journey to wholeness. Having myself treated veterans with PTSD for many years in the VA, I highly recommend this book.”
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— Gerald D. Otis, PhD, Las Cruces, NM
Exhaustively Researched
“An exhaustively researched and compiled tome on a most timely subject written by authors who truly know whereof they speak—highly recommended reading for all who are affected by this serious societal problem.”
Colonel David J. Martinson (“Dogface”) USAF (Ret); BA, MA, MBA, PhD; former Professor of Shakespeare.
A Revelation
“This book is a revelation of unknowable magnitude. This needs to be shoved in the face of every service member and spouse. But more importantly it needs to be shown to the public and explained to the children that suffer unknowingly and unintentionally. This is written in a way that puts an upbeat, easy reading tone on a very serious and quite tragic subject. And as I lived through some of the things spoken about in the book, it’s perspective of the follow on generations of service members is a dialogue that often does not happen. The value of this book for future generations is impossible to quantify…this is fantastic, thank you for everything you’re doing.”
Jason Swofford, Sergeant US Marine Corps retired (2/5 F Company, Ramadi Iraq 2006-07; 1/5 B Company, Nawa District Helmond Province Afghanistan 2009-Purple Heart, WIA).
Guiding Message
“For thousands of years mankind has evolved innumerable new ways to kill their fellow man yet the one constant has been the human being. The impact of battle over time on the human condition has been constant, though not well discussed, until now. With this work, the effect on a soldier, being placed in the carnival of blood trying to kill and not be killed, is traced through history. Likewise, our understanding, or lack thereof of the impact this has on the person, is also shown. It is hoped that this study, Veterans in Crisis, will open up to those living with, or helping those who have, PTSD, understand they are not unique nor somehow flawed but rather one of the human race who has seen the angry face of combat and rightly felt its impact upon their psyche and thus guide them on a path to an easier life.”
– Marc Storch, historian and researcher who proudly worked with those who served. Madison, Wisconsin.
Valuable Resource
“Veterans In Crisis” will certainly give encouragement to PTSD victims in need of understanding. Understanding goes two ways: the ones who are afflicted, and those who suffer for their dear ones. We can personally relate to that. Our son endured extended and intense medical horror as a teen, and even after three decades, time has not healed all wounds. Mental and emotional and physical scars do not heal. This book’s comprehensive analyses will be a valuable resource for legions of PTSD sufferers and caregivers.”
– Rhoda Van Tassel, BA Chapman Univ., MA Univ. of Iowa, former Art History and Humanities Instructor at Palomar College, CA. Active in community theater productions.
Great Public Service!
“Dr Lansing and Colonel Quist have performed a great public service by writing a book that not only speaks directly to our veterans affected by PTSD but also to others including family and loved ones involved with their recovery.”
– General Joseph Ralston, USAF (Retired), Former Supreme Allied Commander, Europe, NATO.
Must Read
“Veterans in Crisis is a must read, mandatory issue, for all combat veterans and those who have been in a combat zone. Combat veterans know the people looking out for them are going to be fellow veterans who understand what it means to have been on the tip of the spear. Civilians cannot fathom what a combat veteran has experienced, and expressing it only makes things worse. This work can help civilians understand a little better. Written from the mindset of a military manual, it can be opened randomly to any page and read piecemeal when time or necessity requires it. This is the type of work any GI is familiar with.”
– Shane Christen, veteran, author, lecturer, military museum curator, Red Wing, Minnesota.
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