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During the last decade, we have sent thousands of folks to fight on our behalf. But what goes on when these soldiers keep coming back home having lost their friends and wiped out their opponents, having seen and done things that have no place in civilian life? In Aftershock, Matthew Green explains to the story of our veterans' quest from the frontline of combat to the reality of return. Through wide-ranging interviews with previous combatants - including a Royal Sea sniper and a veteran operator in the SAS - as well as offering personnel and their own families, doctors, therapists and psychiatrists, Aftershock looks beyond labels of shell surprise and PTSD to access the heart and soul of today's post-conflict experience. It pursues the question that the government are so unwilling to ask: why do folks who are trained to thrive within the theatre of war so often find themselves ill prepared for calmness? As a new technology of battle-scarred troops begin to lay down their weapons down, Aftershock offers an empathetic yet hard-hitting consideration of the invisible cost of conflict. And its communication is one which has serious implications, not simply for the armed service but for anyone with an interest in how we experience trauma and survive.
