Military personnel experiencing combat in Iraq and Afghanistan are suffering wounds that are much greater in number and variety than those endured by veterans of earlier wars. This circumstance is due, in part, to advances in medical science and technology. Soldiers, sailors and marines who suffered such severe wounds in earlier wars simply died because they were beyond the reach of then contem...

Emerging infectious disease is an important concern in medicine. It usually causes problem in diagnosis and treatment. Emerging infectious disease can be seen at any time. However, in some specific situations, emerging infectious disease becomes more complicated. Emerging infectious disease during a war is a good complex situation. In the present day, conflict occurs around the world. The well-...

PURPOSE This article emerged from pilot research exploring experiences of war and suffering among African American veterans who served in World War II, Korean War, and Vietnam War. Men's experiences as soldiers reflected both racism and the social change that occurred in the Unites States while they served. DESIGN AND METHODS We used techniques of narrative elicitation, conducting qualitative...

The Vietnam War is seen as one of the most brutal wars in which US was involved in, and responsible for mass anti-war movements. This study investigates factors escalation war effort Vietnam. A prominent explanation increase involvement change presidency to Lyndon Johnson. However, previous research generally fail consider impact North South Vietnamese - a potentially significant factor America...

This essay focuses on the representation of religion in Stanley Kubrick’s Full Metal Jacket (1987), Oliver Stone’s Born Fourth July (1989), and Brian de Palma’s Casualties War (1989). It explores how intersects with experience moral trauma at an individual level, films portray injury to be as damaging aspect war for Vietnam veterans grievous physical harm. Further, considers is a fundamental co...

Before President Johnson's Executive Order 11241 in August 1965, married men received lower draft priority for military service. As the Vietnam War escalated summer of anecdotal evidence suggests draft-eligible sought marriage to their likelihood serving. This paper quantifies effects these Vietnam-era policies on and finds that they significantly reduced age at first altered choice spouse. How...

OBJECTIVE To provide an accurate estimate of violent war deaths. DESIGN Analysis of survey data on mortality, adjusted for sampling bias and censoring, from nationally representative surveys designed to measure population health. Estimated deaths compared with estimates in database of passive reports. SETTING 2002-3 World health surveys, in which information was collected from one responden...