Annotated Bibliography: Loss of identify based on actions and experience
Cage, Caleb S. "Heroes and victims." War, Literature & The Arts, vol. 27, no. 1, 2015.
Academic OneFile, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A438949690/GPS?u=occc_main&sid=GPS&xid=1f09a644. Accessed 8 May 2018.
This article compares and contrasts several different ideas and perceptions revolved around the bipartisan agenda and their views of veterans. Loss of Identity plays a major role due to the public's view and how typically, liberals have a victimized view of veterans while conservatives have a heroic view of veterans; they both care about what individuals do through actions and experience. This helps justify my theme by presenting various opinions from actual veterans and how the experience has changed their identities firsthand. This won't be using generalizations of how the public and media perceive veterans but their own personal opinions and views. I will utilize the different perspectives on war and violence.
Card-Mina, Mary E. "Leadership and post traumatic stress symptoms." Military Review, Jan.-
Feb. 2011, p. 47+. War and Terrorism Collection, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A253536751/PPWT?u=occc_main&sid=PPWT&xid=ee9d58d8. Accessed 8 May 2018.
This article presents the correlation between individuals who have been deployed and are diagnosed with PTSD or PTSS. This explains the connection to the loss of identity through these individuals entering the war and losing their own sense of mental stability and how it negatively affects their lives. Also, the leaders in the military who had held the moral obligation of taking care of them apart from just themselves. The people with PTSD and the leaders both identify by their experience and can't live normally due to these scenarios. I will use this to show the differences of struggles from those affected and not affected negatively from war or traumatic experiences in general.
Carter, Phillip. "What America Owes Its Veterans: A Better System of Care and
Support." Foreign Affairs, Sept.-Oct. 2017, p. 115+. War and Terrorism Collection, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A509729436/PPWT?u=occc_main&sid=PPWT&xid=c4f6f594. Accessed 8 May 2018.
This article argues for why the veterans deserve better treatment and more benefits. Before entering the war, individuals were expected to come back well treated and rewarded with multiple benefits but are instead given the opposite; VA is provided but veterans identifiably still struggle to assimilate and live their civilian lives. This applies to loss of identity due to veterans not being able to receive the rewards they deserve even with the traumatic experiences they've been through; ordinary life will never be the same for them outside of war. Even with the increasing money spent on veterans and their health, the government still isn't able to help them achieve self-sufficiency and stability. I will use this to justify as to why those who suffer deserve better and defend the idea of justice for those who are marginalized.
Henderson, David R. "Don't bring back the draft." Hoover Digest, no. 1, 2016, p.
115+. Academic OneFile, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A444819113/GPS?u=occc_main&sid=GPS&xid=159052ae. Accessed 9 May 2018.
This article argues as to why the abolition of the draft was a good idea. The main proposition made is that only allowing volunteers within the military will be more resourceful and powerful and that the budget will cost less compared to having a national conscription. Rewards from being in the war are no longer moral based but economically based and their sense of identity and experience in war isn't cared for in the real world. Unfortunately, those who are unprivileged and are just ordinary individuals are unable to have their own independence or free will due to the government. In terms of morals, using young men and their economic upbringing to justify war for political gain and positions is wrong.
Wright, James. "A generation goes to war: the sour public opinion about the war led to a
distaste for returning veterans." Vietnam, Dec. 2017, p. 44+. War and Terrorism Collection, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A506828366/PPWT?u=occc_main&sid=PPWT&xid=b188e989. Accessed 9 May 2018.
This article presents the aftermath of what veterans from the Vietnam war had experienced and their overall mistreatment coming back to the states. During this time, many citizens had criticized the war and questioned as to why it had happened. There are many regrets behind this war as said by several veterans who had felt they had lost their freedom and achieved nothing from this event. This relates to loss of identity by those veterans feeling as if they lose the only small sense of pride they had and that the long experience they had in war would not equal the amount of physical time they didn't cherish as young boys. The American public had rejected any further discussion of this time and would not acknowledge the identities of those who had suffered negatively both physically and mentally. I will use this to justify why people shouldn't be forced into situations and be mistreated for it, which is considered injustice.
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