War and the Soul: Healing Our Nation’s Veterans from Post-traumatic Stress Disorder.  Edward Tick.  Quest Books: Wheaton, Illinois (2005).                                                                                                     Wars do not end when the bombs stop falling.  The terrible price of war is paid over and over again, in sometimes for a lifetime, by the soldiers who survive those wars with PTSD.   Ed Tick’s book offers an new look at at this enduring human problem. The War Doesn’t End When the Soldier Returns Home Those of us living in the U.S are intimately connected with the problems of soldiers returning from war: suicides, homelessness, emotional dislocation, domestic  violence, substance abuse.  We may see these problems but most of us don’t have a clue what to do about them  except to “support the troops” when the next war comes along. Losing that Which is Most Deeply Human in Battle Dr. Tick is a psychotherapist who specializes in the treatment of veterans with PTSD. He begins with an inquiry into the human soul, through which we experience our human uniqueness and depth.  Dr.

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 ”I Want to Kill You” A patient on the psychiatric unit where I work threatened my life last week. In a cold, steely voice, this very distubed man looked into my eyes and said, “I want to kill you.” I believed him. I knew, given different circumstances, he could and would fulfill on that threat. Surviving by Being Nice and Good We live in a world that has seen far too much war, that has known too much tyranny, genocide, terrorism. I come from an unhappy family with a history of abuse, which formed the way I thought and behaved for years. It didn’t make me a happy person.  I learned to survive by becoming  good, sweet and loving.

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