{"product_id":"soldier-from-the-war-returning-thomas-childers-9780547336923","title":"Soldier from the War Returning: The Greatest Generation's Troubled Homecoming from World War II","description":"One of our most enduring national myths surrounds the men and women who fought in the so-called \"Good War.\" The Greatest Generation, we're told by Tom Brokaw and others, fought heroically, then returned to America happy, healthy and well-adjusted. They quickly and cheerfully went on with the business of rebuilding their lives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this shocking and hauntingly beautiful book, historian Thomas Childers shatters that myth. He interweaves the intimate story of three families--including his own--with a decades' worth of research to paint an entirely new picture of the war's aftermath. Drawing on government documents, interviews, oral histories and diaries, he reveals that 10,000 veterans a month were being diagnosed with psycho-neurotic disorder (now known as PTSD). Alcoholism, homelessness, and unemployment were rampant, leading to a skyrocketing divorce rate. Many veterans bounced back, but their struggle has been lost in a wave of nostalgia that threatens to undermine a new generation of returning soldiers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNovelistic in its telling and impeccably researched, Childers's book is a stark reminder that the price of war is unimaginably high. The consequences are human, not just political, and the toll can stretch across generations. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas Childers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0547336926\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780547336923\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mariner Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/12\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.30w x 1.10d","brand":"Thomas Childers","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43996775252223,"sku":"9780547336923","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8b366715-2eef-4e32-b1f1-652d8e9a9a33.jpg?v=1683343616","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/soldier-from-the-war-returning-thomas-childers-9780547336923","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}