Veterans
Books
Biggio, Frank “Gus”, and McChrystal, Stanley A. The Wolves of Helmand: A View from Inside the Den of Modern War. Forefront Books, 2020.
Swofford, Anthony. Jarhead: A Marine’s Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles. Scribner, 2005.
Klay, Phil. Redeployment. Penguin Books, 2015.
Thorpe, Helen. Soldier Girls: The Battles of Three Women at Home and at War. Scribner, 2014.
Finkel, David. Thank You for Your Service. United States, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2013.
Junger, Sebastian. War. Fourth Estate, 2010.
Brady, James. Why Marines Fight. St. Martin’s Press, 2008.
Hoge, Charles. Once a Warrior–Always a Warrior: Navigating the Transition from Combat to Home–Including Combat Stress, PTSD, and MTBI. Globe Pequot, 2010.
Morris, David J.. The Evil Hours: A Biography of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015.
Finley, Erin P.. Fields of Combat: Understanding PTSD Among Veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan. Cornell University Press, 2011.
Shilts, Randy. Conduct Unbecoming: Gays and Lesbians in the U.S. Military. St. Martin’s Press, 2005.
McGowan, Jeffrey. Major Conflict: One Gay Man’s Life in the Don’t-Ask-Don’t-Tell Military. Crown, 2007.
Articles
Steinhauer, Jennifer. “Veterans’ Groups Compete With Each Other, and Struggle With the V.A.” The New York Times, 4 Jan. 2019.
Jackson, Angelique. “Spike Lee on Honoring the Black Vietnam Veterans’ Experience in ‘Da 5 Bloods,’ Shining a Spotlight on PTSD.” Variety, 20 Feb. 2021.
Flournoy, Michèle. “We Aren’t Doing Enough to Help Veterans Transition to Civilian Life.” Washington Post, 2 Apr. 2014.
Esty-Kendall, Jud. “A Gay Veteran Remembers Serving In Silence.” NPR, 26 Dec. 2020.
McDonald, MaryCatherine, et al. “From Shell-Shock to PTSD, a Century of Invisible War Trauma.” PBS NewsHour, 11 Nov. 2018.
Katzenberg, Lauren. “40 Stories From Women About Life in the Military.” The New York Times, 8 Mar. 2019.
Woods, Tony. “I Was Kicked Out of the Military for Being Gay.” The Nation, 1 July 2019.
Benes, Ross. “How Exclusion From the Military Strengthened Gay Identity in America.” Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2016.
Walker, Simon Harold. “If We Want to Address the Crisis of Veteran Suicide, We Must Acknowledge Its History.” Time, 6 Sept. 2019.
King, Maya. “Black Veterans’ Group Calls for Representation at VA.” Politico, 27 Jan. 2021,.
Fanning, Necko. “I Thought I Could Serve as an Openly Gay Man in the Army. Then Came the Death Threats.” The New York Times, 12 Apr. 2019.
Movies / Film / Video
Fail State. Alexander Shebanow, dir. Gravitas Ventures, 2018.
Wounded Heroes Documentary. Michael Gier, dir. Gier Productions, 2021.
“Generations of Americans Fight in Afghanistan: the ‘Forever War’.” NBC New, 2020.
“Playlist: Talks for veterans.” Ted Talks.
Transgender, at war and love. The New York Times, 2014.
Restrepo. Tim Hetherington & Sebastian Junger, dir. Outpost Films, 2010.
Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1. Ellen Goosenberg Kent, dir. HBO Documentary Films, 2013.
Lioness. Meg McLagan & Daria Sommers, dir. Independent Lens, 2008.
Hell and Back Again. Danfung Dennis, dir. Independent Lens, 2011.
American Sniper. Clint Eastwood, dir. Warner Bros., 2014.
Women of the Military