Memory, war, and trauma

1. Background and purpose

2. Historical perspective

3. Methods and ethics

4. Current theory: PTSD

5. Approaches to understanding trauma

6. Positive outcomes of traumatic experiences

7. Memory and history

8. Personal narrative and social discourse

9. Illustrating narrative as a scientific technique: the role of social support

10. Aging, trauma and memory

11. Literature and trauma

12. Memorialisation and commemoration

13. Battlefield tours

14. Conclusions and future directions.