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Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging
Tribe On Homecoming and Belonging
Author: Sebastian Junger
From the author of THE PERFECT STORM and WAR comes a book about why men miss war, why Londoners missed the Blitz, and what we can all learn from American Indian captives who refused to go home. Tribe is a look at post-traumatic stress disorder and the challenges veterans face returning to society. Using his background in anthropology, Sebastian ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780008168186
ISBN-10: 0008168180
Publication Date: 6/1/2017
Pages: 192
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Publisher: Fourth Estate Ltd
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio CD
Members Wishing: 18
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Flimsy and poorly argued. For example, in the first chapter he cites many, many examples of white settlers in colonial America going off to live with the Indians and refusing to come back to live with their previous compatriots. Why this happened is an interesting question. But if you read Junger's quotes carefully, they equally support the explanation that the leavers valued autonomy, rather than Junger's explanation, which is that they valued community.


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