War-Related PTSD and American Literature: Reading from the Civil War to the Vietnam War (Sensou PTSD to America Bungaku).

This text reviews a scholarly book that analyzes American war literature from the Civil War through the Vietnam War through the lens of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The book examines works by authors such as Ambrose Bierce, Stephen Crane, Eugene O’Neill, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, J. D. Salinger, and Tim O’Brien, highlighting how their writings depict the psychological trauma of war and its enduring effects on soldiers and society. It also includes a comparative discussion of Japanese writer Shohei Ooka’s World War II novel *Fires on the Plain*, emphasizing cross-cultural dimensions of trauma. While the study offers a comprehensive historical and literary survey, it acknowledges its primary focus on white male authors and calls for broader future research that incorporates diverse racial, ethnic, and gendered perspectives on war-related PTSD. [Extracted from the article]