{"product_id":"achilles-in-vietnam-book-jonathan-shay-9780689121821","title":"Achilles in Vietnam","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn original and groundbreaking book that examines the psychological devastation of war by comparing the soldiers of Homer's \u003ci\u003eIliad\u003c\/i\u003e with Vietnam veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this moving, dazzlingly creative book, Dr. Shay examines the psychological devastation of war by comparing the soldiers of Homer's \u003ci\u003eIliad \u003c\/i\u003ewith Vietnam veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA classic of war literature that has as much relevance as ever in the wake of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, it is a transcendent literary adventure (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e) and clearly one of the most original and most important scholarly works to have emerged from the Vietnam War (Tim O'Brien, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Things They Carried\u003c\/i\u003e).","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49506960441617,"sku":"CIN0689121822G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50469736481041,"sku":"CIN0689121822A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50847822643473,"sku":"CIN0689121822VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0689121822.jpg?v=1751393963","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-au\/products\/achilles-in-vietnam-book-jonathan-shay-9780689121821","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}