Trauma Hero Myth

Iraq veteran questions the ‘trauma hero myth’ put forward in war literature

Michiko Kakutani

  "In the case of the Iraq War, (Roy Scranton) contended, the big questions of 'what U.S. soldiers were fighting for and the bigger problem of who they were killing' were often pushed aside 'in favor of the more narrow and manageable question of 'what it was like.'

  "These ideas, and Scranton’s anger at the catastrophic consequences of a misguided and unnecessary war, inform the tone, story and point of view of his ambitious first novel, 'War Porn.'"

                                                                                               from My San Antonio

http://m.mysanantonio.com/entertainment/arts-culture/books/article/Iraq-veteran-questions-the-trauma-hero-myth-9143566.php