Odysseus in America: combat trauma and the trials of homecoming

Introduction

Odysseus among the rich civilians

Pirate raid: staying in combat mode

Lotus land: the flight from pain

Cyclops: the flight from boredom

Odysseus gets a leg up

and falls on his face: the workplace

A peaceful harbor: no safe place

Witches, goddesses, queens, wives

dangerous women

Among the dead: memory and guilt

What was the sirens' song?: truth as deadly addiction

Scylla and Charybdis: dangers up, down, and sideways

The sun god's beef: the blame game

Above the whirlpool

Calypso: Odysseus the sexaholic

Odysseus at home

Introduction

From the clinic to the wall

Lew Puller ain't on the wall

Introduction

Preventing psychological and moral injury in military service

Odysseus as a military leader

Conclusion

Appendix I: a pocket guide to Homer's Odyssey

Appendix II: information resources for Vietnam veterans and their families

Appendix III: some proposals.