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Achilles in Vietnam: Combat trauma and the undoing of character. Jonathan Shay. New York: Athaeneum. 1994, 246 Pages. $20.00

✍ Scribed by Chrys J. Harris

Publisher: Springer
Year: 1996
Tongue: English
Weight: 57 KB
Volume: 9
Category: Article
ISSN: 0894-9867
DOI: 10.1002/jts.2490090325

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✦ Synopsis

Achilles is not "just a man thing," but an attempt to contribute to ethical philosophy in general and to the philosophy and science of human rights in particular.

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