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Aaron, 102

“About Medications for Combat PTSD” (Shay) Web site, 262

acceptance, veteran need for, 245

Achilles (protagonist of the
Iliad,
most respected Greek fighter at Troy), 14, 76, 77, 83, 104

Agamemnon and, 239-40, 243, 267
n

biē
of, 205

character of, 235, 281
n,
298
n

courage of, 237-38

invulnerability of, 299
n

leadership practices of, 237, 241

as man of pain, 242

meaning of name, 2

military practices of, 237-38

Odysseus contrasted with, 235, 298
n

Thracian camp raided by, 232

traumas of, 243

Achilles in Vietnam: Combat Trauma and the Undoing of Character
(Shay), xv, xvi, 6, 40, 54, 59, 79, 82, 125, 144, 151, 165

and arts as response to trauma, 243

major theme of, 157

and memories as sacred, 242

philia
(
philotēs
in Homer) between comrades in, 158-59

Adams, R. M., 269
n

addiction, drug and alcohol,
see
alcohol and substance abuse

Adin, Marc B. (VWAR), 185

aegis, 124

Aeneid,
233

Aeolus (king or steward of the winds), 52-56, 59, 256

Aeschylus, 78, 112, 124

Afghanistan, 220, 301
n

Agamemnon (Greek commander in chief at Troy), 75, 102, 104, 112, 123, 140, 141

Achilles and, 239-40, 243, 267
n

courage of, 299
n

incompetence of, 231

military leadership of, 239-41

military practices of, 237, 239

motivational tools of, 240-41

Odysseus and, 236, 238

themis
betrayed by, 206

Agamemnon
(Aeschylus), 112, 124

Agent Orange, 189, 196

Ahl, Frederick, 91, 102, 276
n,
277
n,
278
n

Ajax (son of Telemon, at Troy second only to Achilles as fighter), 76-78, 140

Alcinous (king of the Phaeacians), 274
n

alcohol and substance abuse, 36, 38-40, 88, 89, 94-95, 115, 117, 271
n

by Lewis B. Puller, Jr., 198

alēthea,
92

All Quiet on the Western Front
(Remarque), 32

altruism, 300
n

ambitions, 157

and recovery, 168, 174

Ambrose, Stephen E., 209, 292
n

American Legion, 40, 155

American Psychiatric Association, 4, 144, 149

Amir, Yigal, 95

amphetamines, 38, 58

Ancharoff, M. R., 287
n

anger, 39, 40, 80, 85, 158

Anticleia (mother of Odysseus), 83

Antinous (most villainous suitor of Penelope), 101, 129, 131, 145

Antisthenes, 275
n

anxiolytics, 38

apathy, 88

Aphrodite (goddess of sexual attraction), 129

apocalyptic ecstasy, 161

Apollo (god of archery, plague, healing, prophecy), 258

Arbman, Ernst, 284
n

Arete (Phaeacian queen), 75, 120, 274
n

Argos (dog), Odysseus' meeting with, 128-29

Arhaud, P., 290
n

aristocratic hierarchy, 104, 279
n

Aristophanes, 166

Aristotle, 166, 227

on the human being, 162, 248

and moral education of citizens, 242

on philos,
158, 159, 249

on
thumos,
157, 158, 159-60

on tragedy and
katharsis,
153

Armed Forces Day posters, 206-7

Army Special Forces, 220, 295
n

Art of War, The
(Sun Tzu), 231

arts, 273
n

and healing of trauma, 243-44

assault support patrol boats (ASPBs), 27, 28, 58

atasthaliai
(wanton recklessness), 46, 101