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This page intentionally left blank http://avaxhome.ws/blogs/ChrisRedfield Memory, War and Trauma Manymillionsofpeopleareaffectedbythetraumaofwar.Psychologists have a good understanding of how experiences of war impact on memory, but the significance of external environmental influences is often disregarded. Memory, War and Trauma focuses on our under- standing of the psychosocial impact of war in its broadest sense. Nigel C. Hunt argues that, in order to understand war trauma, it is criticaltodevelopanunderstandingnotonlyoftheindividualperspec- tivebutalsoofhowsocietalandculturalfactorsimpactontheoutcome ofanindividual’sexperience.Thisisacompellingbookwhichhelpsto demonstrate why some people suffer from post-traumatic stress while otherpeopledon’t,andhownarrativeunderstandingisimportanttothe healing process. Its multidisciplinary perspective will enable a deeper understanding of both individual traumatic stress and the structures ofmemory. nigel c. hunt is Associate Professor in the Institute of Work, HealthandOrganisationsattheUniversityofNottingham. Memory, War and Trauma Nigel C. Hunt CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, São Paulo, Delhi, Dubai, Tokyo Cambridge University Press The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge CB2 8RU, UK Published in the United States of America by Cambridge University Press, New York www.cambridge.org Information on this title: www.cambridge.org/9780521887847 © Nigel C. Hunt This publication is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provision of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press. First published in print format 2010 ISBN-13 978-0-511-72974-4 eBook (NetLibrary) ISBN-13 978-0-521-88784-7 Hardback ISBN-13 978-0-521-71625-3 Paperback Cambridge University Press has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of urls for external or third-party internet websites referred to in this publication, and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate. For Sue Contents Preface pageix 1 Background andpurpose 1 2 Historical perspective 14 3 Methods and ethics 28 4 Currenttheory: post-traumaticstressdisorder 50 5 Approachesto understanding trauma 61 6 Positiveoutcomes of traumatic experiences 81 7 Memoryand history 96 8 Personal narrativeand socialdiscourse 114 9 Illustrating narrativeas ascientific technique: the role of social support 127 10 Ageing,trauma and memory 140 11 Literature andtrauma 161 12 Memorialisation and commemoration 172 13 Battlefield tours 186 14 Conclusions and future directions 196 References 206 Index 222 vii
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