A NEW BOOK ON THE HISTORY OF PTSD
FROM ANCIENT TIMES TO THE PRESENT

Written and researched by
Dr. Steve Lansing and Colonel B. Wayne Quist

Veterans in Crisis tells a story of the devastating effects of PTSD, today and over centuries of time.

It is designed for the common soldier and is organized in three parts with many illustrations.

Part I is a simple clinical description of PTSD
Part II covers a brief history of PTSD
Part III is an analysis of “God’s Angry Man: The Incredible Journey of Private Joe Haan,” a decorated World War II combat veteran suffering from severe PTSD.

‘Veterans in Crisis’ provides an overview of PTSD and its ancient roots; while briefly outlining suggested answers to haunting issues like these:

• Why you may feel the way you do.
• Why you feel that you don’t belong, that you don’t fit in.
• Why the world seems screwed up and in such a mess.
• Why life may seem to have little or no meaning or purpose.
• Ways to find the purpose you were made for.
• Is there such a thing as true freedom, or is it just more BS?
• How to get rid of feelings about the past – bad dreams, terrifying nightmares.
• How to overcome sadness with random acts of kindness daily.
• How to handle life’s pressures, even if it seems life is almost over.
• How to resist temptations when cut off from friends and family.
• How to set yourself free when hurting and lonely.
• How to overcome anger with courage by doing what is right even when it is hard to do.
• How to stop worrying and thinking of the past, wasting precious time and energy on things you cannot control.

What Our Readers Say

  • "A Revelation"

    —Jason Swofford, Sergeant US Marine Corps retired (2/5 F Company, Ramadi Iraq 2006-07; 1/5 B Company, Nawa District Helmond Province Afghanistan 2009-Purple Heart, WIA).

  • "Great Public Service!"

    — General Joseph Ralston, USAF (Retired), Former Supreme Allied Commander, Europe, NATO.

  • "Exhaustively Researched"

    — Colonel David J. Martinson (“Dogface”) USAF (Ret); BA, MA, MBA, PhD; former Professor of Shakespeare.

  • "Powerful"

    — Mac Gimse (“Maximus”), PhD, professor emeritus, St. Olaf College

  • "Knowledge Builder"

    — Gerald D. Otis, PhD, Las Cruces, NM‍ ‍

  • "Valuable Resource"

    – Rhoda Van Tassel, BA Chapman Univ., MA Univ. of Iowa, former Art History and Humanities Instructor at Palomar College, CA. Active in community theater productions.

  • "Must Read"

    – Shane Christen, veteran, author, lecturer, military museum curator, Red Wing, Minnesota.

  • "Guiding Light"

    — Marc Storch, historian and researcher who proudly worked with those who served. Madison, Wisconsin.

  • "Comprehensive"

    — Peter F. “Gus” Charlston: BA, MA; Professor of Humanities and Ancient Greek Tragedy, Portland Community College; Steering Committee and Education Director, Classic Greek Theatre of Oregon.‍ ‍