Wars That Never End
The Horrific Impact of Post War Stress
Published on 1. May 2016
240 pages
978-1-925367-36-2 (ISBN)
Description
Over 100 Australians who served in Afghanistan have committed suicide since returning to civilian life. Partners and family members also suffer, in their shared lives with emotionally scarred war veterans. Ex-service personnel and affected relatives provided author Ian Ferguson with fascinating first-hand information for the research of Wars That Never End. Their confronting recollections surfaced in personal interviews, and sometimes in Diggers' letters and diary entries from front line battle fields, dating back to the Boer War. Few publications candidly tackle the contentious issue of mental health among combat veterans, so this book is a must read for all discerning lovers of Australian war history.
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Content
- Intro
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- Contents
- Author's notes
- Australian Britons
- Wartime Honeymoon Continues
- Relationship Problems Emerge
- The Tragic Life of Hugo Throssell, VC
- Other Haunted and Intrepid Warriors
- Albert Borella, VC, A Calm Hero
- Other Stoic Australian Legends
- War Erupts in the Pacific
- George Cops-A Proud Survivor of the 39th Battalion
- Ted Kenna VC, The Hero of Hamilton
- Women in the War Front
- Mateship in War Zones
- Those Magnificent Men in their Fragile Machines
- Great Escapes
- On A Street Near You
- Bibliography
