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In his acclaimed book Achilles in Vietnam, Dr. Jonathan Shay used the Iliad as a prism through which to examine how ancient and modern wars have battered the psychology of the men who fight. Now he turns his attention to the Odyssey, Homer's classic story of a soldier's homecoming, to... read more
First Sentence
Further up the table the accountant has just been explaining how, if only we had held out a bit longer, the war would have been won....
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- Jonathan Shay (Author)
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