Download or read book Helping Beyond the 50 Minute Hour written by Jeffrey A. Kottler and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-07-18 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 2013. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Download or read book White Tiger written by Michael Allen Dymmoch and published by Diversion Books. This book was released on 2015-01-04 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The murder of a Vietnamese woman reawakens wartime trauma for cop John Thinnes and psychiatrist Jack Caleb in an “absolutely gripping” police procedural (Chicago Tribune). After a woman is shot in the Little Saigon neighborhood of Chicago, Detective John Thinnes realizes he knew the victim when he was stationed in Vietnam. In fact, he was the best man when his friend Bobby Lee married Hue An. When an anonymous tip comes in that Thinnes might be the real father of her son, Tien Lee, who is the prime suspect in her murder, he is pulled off the case and his partner Don Franchi takes over. At Hue An Lee’s wake, a schizophrenic man insists there is a connection between her death and an unsolved murder in wartime Saigon. Psychiatrist Jack Caleb is called in to help the schizophrenic mourner, but the therapy is kicking up his own PTSD from serving as a medic during the war. Working with Caleb, Thinnes remembers a deadly criminal from his days as an MP in Saigon—known as White Tiger—who he fears has resurfaced in Chicago. Now it’s up to the two vets to stop him . . .

Download or read book Hell No We Didn t Go written by Eli Greenbaum and published by University Press of Kansas. This book was released on 2024-05-11 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As long as there have been wars, there has been conscription. And conscription has never been popular. When asked in a Gallup poll taken in August 1965 whether the US decision to send troops to Vietnam was a mistake, 60 percent of Americans polled said no. But as American casualties increased and the war escalated, polls showed fewer Americans supporting US actions in Vietnam. That, however, did not stop the drafting of Americans into military service. Later, when the leaked Pentagon Papers revealed that the United States had misled Congress and the American public about the extent of US involvement in Vietnam through lies and the withholding of information, support was driven further downward. Today, the Vietnam War is regarded as the most unpopular war of the twentieth century. In Hell, No, We Didn’t Go!, Eli Greenbaum presents firsthand accounts of men who were driven to resist or dodge the Vietnam draft at all costs. He introduces readers to a cross section of individuals who found ways to defy the draft by leaving the country, going to prison, becoming conscientious objectors, gaming the system, conspiring to fail physicals, and even enlisting—anything to avoid being drafted. These vivid essays and candid oral histories detail events that were often controversial, sometimes volatile, and almost always emotionally charged. Greenbaum brings together a chorus of first-person accounts of draft resistance and protest held together by an overarching personal narrative while providing context, commentary, and an unusual fifty-year perspective on the men’s decisions to avoid the Vietnam War, no matter what. While some men passively accepted conscription as their fate, others actively resisted it, sometimes going to extremes. Each account reveals individual motivations, fears, and hopes—everything from disagreement with American foreign policy to questions of cowardice and the meaning of patriotism, all underlined by courage and determination.

Download or read book A Life of Worry written by Allen L Tran and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-08-29 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In less than half a century, people in Vietnam have gone from fearing war and famine to fretting over the best cell phone plan. This shift in the landscape of people's anxieties is the result of policies that made Vietnam the second-fastest-growing economy in the world and a triumph of late capitalist development. Yet as much as people marvel at the speed of progress, all this change- even for the better-can be difficult to handle. A Life of Worry unpacks an ethnographic puzzle. What accounts for the simultaneous increase in anxiety and economic prosperity among Ho Chi Minh City's middle class? At a time when people around the world are turning to the pharmaceutical and wellness industries to soothe their troubled minds, it is worth asking whether these industries might be part of the problem. "A fascinating study of an important global phenomenon." - LI ZHANG, author of Anxious China: Inner Revolution and Politics of Psychotherapy "A Life of Worry takes us from Ho Chi Minh City's lively cafes to its burgeoning psychotherapy centers to offer an original phenomenological approach to anxiety as it is felt and enacted, often as a form of care for others, in Vietnam today." - JOCELYN LIM CHUA, author of In Pursuit of the Good Life: Aspiration and Suicide in Globalizing South India.

Download or read book Trip to Hanoi written by Susan Sontag and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In May of 1968, Susan Sontag visited Hanoi. The report of her trip is neither a political treatise nor a travelogue, but a sensitive observer's response to a world totally foreign to the Western mind. During her trip, Susan Sontag discovered her preconception of North Vietnam and it's people had little relevance to the actual situation. By reassessing her own point of view, Miss Sontag creates a startling picture of life in Hanoi"--Page 4 of cover

Download or read book Resurrection to Retribution written by D.R. Richards and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2021-07-12 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Resurrection to Retribution describes the journey of four brave members of an elite military unit in the dwindling days of the Vietnam War. They were considered disposable pawns in a sanctioned scheme to move a corrupt foreign politician into the United States of America and reestablish his criminal empire. But thanks to the efforts of a colonel nicknamed Mom, they survived. And through fate, they were reunited, each with their own physical and mental baggage. Now they represent a loose end to the government agency that directed the operation. Hunted by their own country, they work to bring the scheme of the past to light. With the help of friends and new supporters, they use their skills both from the past and newly developed to work toward the truth. The experience has forged them into a strong unit, and they stand ready to support anyone that needs their unique skills to overcome their problems. Not as young as they once were, what they lack in youth they overcome with experience and skill. Their journey has just begun and looks to take them in many directions, all fighting for the powerless.

Download or read book COMPOSTELA TALES written by VICTOR GIBSON and published by Scribl. This book was released on 2018-09-29 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A group of employees of Sanctuary Medical Services are hiking across the Galician landscape, accompanying Major Callum Strachan an amputee from the war in Afghanistan and his helper Corporal Alice Jones, who was with him at the time of his accident. Their objective is to reach the city of Santiago de la Compostela and their progress is being recorded by a journalist who is issuing daily press r...

Download or read book Undercurrents written by Steve Davis and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2020-10-06 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Improve your knowledge of the ways global trends shape activism with this insightful volume that will supercharge your impact on communities and organizations Undercurrents: Channeling Outrage to Spark Practical Activism brings the perspective of experienced global social innovation leader, scholar and speaker, Steve Davis, to bear on some of the most powerful and helpful macrotrends rippling through society today. The book teaches readers how to harness their outrage and capitalize on global trends to instigate and encourage change across the world. The author identifies five global undercurrents with outsized importance that are shaping our world: Global economies are moving away from the old pyramid model into a diamond, bringing powerful new possibilities for human well-being; Communities are becoming the customer – rather than passive beneficiaries - as social change is increasingly led by local voices and activists; Equity is leveling and reshaping the field of social change and activism; Digital disruption, through the power of data and digital tools, impacts almost everything; and The middle of the journey to social change is becoming surprisingly sexy, as we focus on adapting innovation for widespread impact at scale. The book’s lessons are supported throughout by stories, experiences, data and observations from across the globe. Undercurrents is perfect for activists and leaders of all kinds who aim to increase their impact on their organizations and the world at large, as well as the intellectually curious who hope to increase their understanding of the changing world around them.

Download or read book In My White Room written by John Arthur Cooper and published by John Arthur Cooper. This book was released on 2020-03-01 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Save me save me save meI can't face this life aloneSave me save me save meI'm naked and I'm far from home”Leonard Flower Joel saved by Sandra Hardwicke from heroinCalypso Clay (Nee Fortnum-Guinness) saved from whisky.Constantine Ellis saved from his past. He had all the social bullets but they were blanks. Calypso, the most exotic bird imaginable trapped in a gilded cage.Leonard Flower Joel, made to do bad things, things he didn’t want to do before he could do good things.The rolling dice of life brings together three lost souls in the pastoral peace of ‘The Marches’. All hurt, all suffering, all in need.But people change. People fall in love, People fall out of love, Circumstances come, go, ebb and flow. Sometimes there’s an amazing convenient coincidence but mostly not!Constantine has a dragon to slay in Istanbul, Calypso has lost her beautiful son to the inevitable Eton / Oxbridge machine that is demanded by wealth. Learning to lead, Trained to manage in the ruthless smiling world of money. Salvador Clay hurts his multi-gened mother everyday but doesn’t know it. Joel - smart, sensible, makes all the right decisions but life still kicks him down. Maybe he should just make his own world. A world that no one else can touch. A world in a white room with Black curtains.

Download or read book Long Time Passing written by Myra MacPherson and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2009-04-20 with total page 735 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new edition of a classic book on the impact of the Vietnam War on Americans reintroduces the haunted voices of the Vietnam era to a new generation of readers. Based on more than 500 interviews, Long Time Passing is journalist Myra MacPherson’s acclaimed exploration of the wounds, pride, and guilt of those who fought and those who refused to fight the war that continues to envelop the psyche of this nation. In a new introduction, Myra MacPherson reflects on what has changed, and what hasn’t, in the years since these interviews were conducted, explains the key points of reference from the 1980s that feature prominently in them, and brings the stories of her principal characters up to date. “A haunting chorus of voices, a moving deeply disturbing evocation of an era.” —San Francisco Chronicle “A brilliant and necessary book . . . this stunning depiction of Vietnam’s bitter fruit is calculated to agitate even the most complacent American.” —Philadelphia Inquirer “There have been many books on the Vietnam War, but few have captured its second life as memory better than Long Time Passing.” —Washington Post Book World “Enthralling reading . . . full of deep and strong emotions.” —New York Times

Download or read book A Vietnam Trilogy Vol 2 Healing Journeys written by Raymond M. Scurfield and published by Algora Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scurfield (social work, U. of Southern Mississippi-Gulf Coast) has been involved in treating post-traumatic stress disorder among veterans for nearly 40 years. This text is the second of three volumes in which he reflects upon his therapeutic career and recounts a trip to Vietnam in the year 2000, in which three Vietnam veterans returned to former

Download or read book Hearings Reports and Prints of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 1618 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book The Molotov Box written by Daniel Johnson and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-04 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FROM RUSSIA, WITH . . . ? When Agent Gaby Bernard finally gets a chance to leave FBI headquarters for the field she is almost as excited by her intriguing partner as by the high-profile assignment she has wrangled or the exotic murder mystery they are sent to solve. But the apparent killer is an assassin also sought by the Russian Mafia and the killing seems to be part of a decades-old international conspiracy of plunder and assassination dating back to the fall of the Soviet Union. The situation soon spirals out of control, leaving Gaby in big trouble with Washington and in far more serious trouble with the mob.

Download or read book Outside the Wire written by Patricia Smiley and published by Llewellyn Worldwide. This book was released on 2017-11-08 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Homicide detective Davie Richards is called to an airport parking garage to investigate the shooting of a retired U.S. Army Ranger. Missing personal items point to a robbery, but Davie suspects a more sinister motive when she notices only one military dog tag around the Ranger's neck. Could the murderer have taken the other as a memento of the kill? As Davie unravels baffling clues, one murder becomes two and a pattern begins to emerge. Racing to save the killer's next victim, Davie is led to a shocking twist that challenges her physical and emotional endurance and tests the bonds of brotherhood and friendship. Praise: "[Richards] makes a dogged and determined heroine...Readers will want to see a lot more of her."—Publishers Weekly "[Smiley] moves the plot as deftly as she moves the reader, with lots of action and just enough heart."—Kirkus Reviews

Download or read book The Vietnam Veteran in Contemporary Society written by United States. Veterans Administration. Department of Medicine and Surgery and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Kim s Convenience written by Ins Choi and published by House of Anansi. This book was released on 2016-10-01 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brand new edition of the smash-hit play, now a wildly popular CBC TV series. Mr. Kim is a first-generation Korean immigrant and the proud owner of Kim’s Convenience, a variety store located in the heart of downtown Toronto’s Regent Park neighbourhood. As the neighbourhood quickly gentrifies, Mr. Kim is offered a generous sum of money to sell — enough to allow him and his wife to finally retire. But Kim’s Convenience is more than just his livelihood — it is his legacy. As Mr. Kim tries desperately, and hilariously, to convince his daughter Janet, a budding photographer, to take over the store, his wife sneaks out to meet their estranged son Jung, who has not seen or spoken to his father in sixteen years and who has now become a father himself. Wholly original, hysterically funny, and deeply moving, Kim’s Convenience tells the story of one Korean family struggling to face the future amidst the bitter memories of their past.