Name: Elegy for a Broken Soldier: A UN mission that changed a young soldier's life forever (en Inglés)
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Author: McQuaid, Chris
ISBN: 9781949483994

portada Elegy for a Broken Soldier: A UN mission that changed a young soldier's life forever (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Autor

Chris McQuaid

Editorial

Strategic Book Publishing

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

170

Encuadernación

Tapa Dura

Dimensiones

22.9 x 15.2 x 1.4 cm

Peso

0.41 kg.

ISBN13

9781949483994

Categorías

Biografías de personas históricas, políticos y soldados
Memorias bibliográficas
Historias reales de la guerra
Salud mental

Elegy for a Broken Soldier: A UN mission that changed a young soldier's life forever (en Inglés)

Chris McQuaid (Autor) · Strategic Book Publishing · Tapa Dura

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Reseña del libro "Elegy for a Broken Soldier: A UN mission that changed a young soldier's life forever (en Inglés)"

"Nothing in my army training had prepared me for what happened in Jerusalem in February 1965."In Chris McQuaid's stunning memoir, Elegy for a Broken Soldier, a traumatic event led to his Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Music became the only respite that provides him solace.Chris was a member of the Irish Army guard of honour for the visit of US President John F. Kennedy to Dublin in June 1963. With the cheers of the crowds lining the presidential route still ringing in his ears, he felt "ten feet tall" as he prepared for his first UN peacekeeping mission to the Congo and became one of the true pioneers, who according to Lt. Gen. Seán McCann, former chief of staff, Irish Defence Forces, "began a proud tradition that continues to the present day."On a UN mission to Cyprus in 1965, trauma changed Chris's life forever, marking the beginning of his PTSD. In Lebanon in 1980, his life was threatened, and the shock effectively ended his military career. Neither event originated on the battlefield, but from within the Irish Army.Despite severe depression and suicidal thoughts, Chris continued his education and returned to the service to become a commissioned officer. He left the army in 1986 with a glowing service record.A long legal wrangle and a succession of psychiatric and psychological assessments have led to even greater health problems, but Chris has survived it all.