Veterans of War Veterans of Peace

<i><b> Veterans of War Veterans of Peace</b></i> is a harvest of creative redemptive storytelling-nonfiction fiction and poetry-spanning five wars and written by those most profoundly affected by it. <br><br>This poignant collection compiled from Kingston's healing workshops contains the distilled wisdom of survivors of five wars including combatants war widows spouses children conscientious objectors and veterans of domestic abuse. <br><br><i> Veterans of War Veterans of Peace</i> includes accounts from people that grew up in military families served as medics in the thick of war or came home to homelessness. All struggle with trauma - PTSD substance abuse and other consequences of war and violence. Through their extraordinary writings readers witness worlds coming apart and being put back together again through liberating insight community and the deep transformation that is possible only by coming to grips with the past. <br><br>For more than 15 years National Book Award-winning author Maxine Hong Kingston has led writing-and-meditation workshops for veterans and their families. The contributors to this volume are part of this community of writers working together to heal the trauma of war through art. <br><br>Maxine Hong Kingston's books-<i> The Woman Warrior China Men Tripmaster Monkey The Fifth Book of Peace</i> and others-have won critical praise and national awards. President Bill Clinton presented her with a National Humanities Medal in 1997. <br>