“All the Way Home” Source Book List
Liminal Transformations of the American Combat Veteran
And the Societies that Send them to War
Compiled by Dr. R. David Hammer
Bly, R. 1990. Iron John: A Book about Men. Perseus Books, NY.
Bly, R. 1995. The Soul is Here for It’s Own Joy: Sacred Poems from Many Cultures. The Ecco Press, W.
W. Norton & Co., NY.
Bray, R. and P. Bushnell (eds.) 1978. Diary of a Common Soldier in the American Revolution, 17751783: An Annotated Edition of the Military Journal of Jeremiah Greenman. Northern Illinois
Univ. Press, DeKalb, IL.
Brock, R.N. and G. Lettini. 2012. Soul Repair: Recovering from Moral Injury after War. Beacon Press,
Boston, MA.
Cantrell, B.C. and C. Dean. 2005. Down Range: To Iraq and Back. Wordsmith Books, Seattle, WA.
Cantrell, B.C. and C. Dean. 2007. Once a Warrior: Wired for Life. Wordsmith Books, Seattle, WA.
Cantrell, B.C. 2009. Souls Under Siege: The Effects of Multiple Troop Deployments -- and How to
Weather the Storm. Hearts Toward Home International, Bellingham, WA.
Cantrell, B.C. 2012. Through the Woods and Over the Hill: The Aging of America’s Warriors. Bridget
Cantrell, Bellingham, WA.
Carson, T.L. 1997. Liminal Reality and Transformational Power. University Press of America, Lanham,
MD.
Chang, I. 1998. The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II. Penguin Books. NY.
Chang, Y.Y. 2011. The Woman Who Could Not Forget: Iris Change Before and Beyond The Rape of
Nanking. Pegasus Books. NY.
Couch, D. 2005. Downrange: Navy SEALs in the War on Terrorism. Crown Publ., NY.
Eden, D. and D. Feinstein. 1998. Energy Medicine: Balance Your Body’s Energies for Optimum Health,
Joy, and Vitality. Penguin Putnam, NY.
Faulkner, C.L. 2012. Guts and Grace. Spoke Publ., Perth, Australia.
Fienstein, D. , D. Eden and G. Craig. 2005. The Promise of Energy Psychology: Revolutionary Tools for
Dramatic Personal Change. Jeremy P. Tarcher/The Penguin Group, NY.
Figley, C.R. and W.P. Nash (eds.) 2007. Combat Stress Injury: Theory, Research, and Management.
Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, NY.
Finkel, D. 2009. The Good Soldiers. Sarah Crichton Books, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, NY.
Finkel, D. 2013. Thank You for Your Service. Sarah Crichton Books, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, NY.
Finley, E.P. 2011. Fields of Combat: Understanding PTSD among Veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan. ILR
Press, Cornell Univ., Ithica, NY.
French, S.A. 2003. Code of The Warrior: Exploring Warrior Values Past and Present. Rowman &
Littlefield Publ., Inc., Lanham, MD.
Grant, Z. 1986. Over the Beach: The Air War in Vietnam. Pocket Books, NY.
Gray, J. G. 1998. The Warriors: Reflections on Men in Battle. Bison Books, Univ. of Nebraska Press.
Lincoln, NE.
Hardin, M. 2014. Walking with Grandfather: A Skeptic’s Journey Toward Spirituality. CreateSpace
Independent Publ. Platform. Scotts Valley, CA.
Hass, A. 1998. Doing the Right Thing: Cultivating Your Moral Intelligence. Pocket Books, NY.
Hayslip, Le Ly. 1989. When Heaven and Earth Changed Places: A Vietnamese Woman’s Journey from
War to Peace. Doubleday, NY.
Hedges, C. 2003. What Every Person Should Know About War. Free Press, NY.
Hillenbrand. L. 2010. Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption.
Random House, NY.
Himes, A. (ed.) 2005. Voices in Wartime: The Anthology. Whit Press Inc., Seattle, WA.
Hoge, C.W. 2010. Once a Warrior Always a Warrior: Navigating the transition from combat to home.
Globe Pequot Press, Guilford, CT.
Hu, H. 2000. American Goddess at the Rape of Nanking: The Courage of Minnie Vautrin. Southern Ill.
Univ. Press, Carbondale, IL.
Keen, S. 1992. Fire in the Belly: On Being a Man. Bantom Books, Random House, NY.
Keith, K.M. 2003. Do it Anyway: the Handbook for Finding Personal Meaning and Deep Happiness in a
Crazy World. New World Library. Novato, CA.
Levine, P.A. 1997. Walking the Tiger: Healing Trauma. North Atlantic Books. Berkeley, CA.
Levine, P.A. 2010. In an Unspoken voice: How the Body Releases Trauma and restores Goodness.
North Atlantic Books. Berkeley, CA.
Loeb, P.R. 1999. Soul of a Citizen: Living with Conviction in a Cynical Time. St. Martin’s Griffin, NY
Mahedy, W. P. 1986. Out of the Night: The Spiritual Journey of Vietnam Vets. Ballantine, NY.
Manchester, W. 1979. Goodbye Darkness: A Memoir of the Pacific War. Little, Brown and Co., Boston,
MA.
Marshall III, J.M. 2005. Walking with Grandfather: The Wisdom of the Lakota Elders. Sounds True.
Louisville, CO.
Marshall III, J.M. 2009. Keep Going: The Art of Perseverance. Sterling Ethos. NY.
Mason, R. 1983. Chickenhawk. Freemason Books, Richmond, VA.
Mason, R. 1993. Chickenhawk Back in the World: Life after Vietnam. Viking Adult, NY.
Moon, Z. 2015. Coming Home: Ministry that Matters with Veterans and Military Families. Chalice
Press, Atlanta, GA.
Moore, H.G. and J.L. Galloway. 1992 We Were Soldiers Once. . . And Young. Random House, NY.
Moore, H.G. and J.L. Galloway. 2008. We are Solders Still: A Journey Back to the Battlefields of
Vietnam. HarperCollins, NY.
Moore, T. 1992. Care of the Soul: A Guide for Cultivating Depth and Sacredness in Everyday Life.
HarperCollins, NY.
Morgan, S. 1994. For Our Beloved Country: American War Diaries from the Revolution to the Persian
Gulf. Atlantic Monthly Press, NY.
Morris, D.J. 2015. The Evil Hours: A Biography of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Houghton Mifflin
Harcourt, NY.
Nerburn, K. 1999. Make Me an Instrument of Your Peace: Living in the Spirit of the Prayer of St.
Francis. HarperCollins, Publ., NY.
Nerburn, K. 2000. Calm Surrender: Walking the Path of Forgiveness. New World Library, Novato, CA.
Nouwen, H.J.M. 1966. The Inner Voice of Love: A Journey Through Anguish to Freedom . Doubleday & Co.,
Inc., Garden City, NY.
Nouwen, H.J. M. 1972. The Wounded Healer: Ministry in Contemporary Society. Image Doubleday, NY.
Nouwen, H.J.M. 1975. Reaching Out: The Three Movements of the Spiritual Life. Doubleday, NY.
Palmer, P.J. 1999. Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation. Jossey-Bass, San Francisco,
CA.
Palmer, P. J. 2009. A Hidden Wholeness: The Journey Toward an Undivided Life. Jossey-Bass, San
Francisco, CA.
Park, A.S. 1993. The Wounded Heart of God: The Asian Concept of Han and the Christian Doctrine of
Sin. Abingdon Press, Nashville, TN.
Powers, K. 2012. The Yellow Birds. Little, Brown and Co., NY.
Rambo, S. 2010. Spirit and Trauma: A Theology of Remaining. Westminster John Knox Press, Louisville,
KY.
Sanders, B. 2011. Warrior Wisdom: Ageless Wisdom for the Modern Warrior. Kaizen Quest. Loveland,
CO.
Sanders, B. 2011. Wisdom of the Elders: The Ultimate Quote Book for Life. Kaizen Quest. Loveland,
CO.
Schiraldi, GR. 2009. The Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Sourcebook. 2nd. Ed. McGraw Hill, NY.
Schluep, J.M. 2008. Soul’s Cry. Good Place Publ., Tallmadge, OH.
Schultz, H. and R. Chandrasekaran. 2014. For Love of Country: What Our Veterans Can Teach Us About
Citizenship, Heroism, and Sacrifice. Alfred A. Knopf, NY.
Shay, J. 1994. Achilles in Vietnam: Combat Trauma and the Undoing of Character. Touchstone. NY.
Shay, J. 2003. Odysseus in America: Combat Trauma and the Trials of Homecoming. Scribner, NY.
Sherwin, N. 2010. The Untold War: Inside the Hearts, Minds, and Souls of Our Soldiers. W.W. Norton
& Co., NY.
Siebert, A. 2005. The Resiliency Advantage: Master Change, Thrive Under Pressure, and Bounce Back
from Setbacks. Berrett-Koehler Publ., Inc., San Francisco.
Siebert, A. 2010. The Survivor Personality. The Penguin Group, NY.
Sites, K. 2013. The Things They Cannot Say. HarperCollins, NY.
Steinman, R. 1999. The Soldiers’ Story: Vietnam in Their Own Words. Fall River Press, NY.
Strand, C. 2015. Waking up to the Dark: Ancient Wisdom for a Sleepless Age. Speigel & Grau, NY.
Tick, E. 2005. War and the Soul: Healing Our Nation’s Veterans from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
Quest Books, Theosophical Publ. House, Wheaton, IL
Tick, E. 2014. Warrior’s Return: Restoring the Soul After War. Sounds True. Boulder, CO.
Trumbo, D. 1970. Johnny Got His Gun. Bantam, NY.
Sites, K. 2013. The Things They Cannot Say: Stories Soldiers Won’t Tell You About What They’ve Seen,
Done or Failed to Do in War. Harper Perennial, NY.
Van der Kolk, B. 2015. The Body Keeps the Schore: Brain, Mind and Body in the Healing of Trauma.
Penguin Books, NY.
Verkamp, B.J. 2006. Moral Treatment of Returning Warriors in Early Medieval and Modern Times.
Univ. of Scranton Press, Scranton, PA.
Winters, L. 2011. The Making and Un-Making of a Marine. Millrock Writers Collective. New Paltz, NY.
Zayfert, C. 2011. When someone You Love suffers from Posttraumatic Stress: What to Expect and
What You Can Do. The Guilford Press. NY.