War and Moral Injury: A Reader

All royalties from the sale of this book are being donated to Warfighter Advance http: //www.warfighteradvance.org.Moral Injury has been called the signature wound of todays wars. It is also as old as the human record of war as evidenced in the ancient war epics of Greece India and the Middle East. But what exactly is Moral Injury? What are its causes and consequences? What can we do to prevent or limit its occurrence among those we send to war? And above all what can we do to help heal afflicted warriors? This landmark volume provides an invaluable resource for those looking for answers to these questions. Gathered here are some of the most far-ranging authoritative and accessible writings to date on the topic of Moral Injury. Contributors come from the fields of psychology theology philosophy psychiatry law journalism neuropsychiatry classics poetry and of course the profession of arms. Their voices find common cause in informing the growing international conversation on war and wars deepest and most enduring invisible wound. Few may want to have this myth-challenging truth-telling conversation but it is one we must have if we truly wish to help those we send to fight our wars.