Spiritual Struggle and Resistance to It: The Case of Vietnam Veterans

In Vietnam-Perkasie: A Combat Marine Memoir, W. D. Ehrhart suggests the spiritual meaning of his Vietnam tour—the growing gulf between the ideals with which he had enlisted, and his actual combat experience—using the metaphor of a world exploding into pieces. He begins his Vietnam story with an inci...

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Main Author: Becker, William H. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 1996
In: Journal of law and religion
Year: 1996, Volume: 13, Issue: 1, Pages: 75-106
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