Main description:

In this extraordinary new text, the contributors explore the enduring legacy of such social shocks as war, genocide, slavery, tyranny, crime, and disease. Among the cases addressed are: instances of genocide in Turkey, Cambodia, and Russia, the plight of the families of Holocaust survivors, atomic bomb survivors in Japan, and even the children of Nazis, the long-term effects associated with the Vietnam War and the war in Yugoslavia, and the psychology arising from the legacy of slavery in America.

Contents:

The Nazi Holocaust: Intergenerational Memory of the Holocaust; N.C. Auerhahn, D. Laub. World War II: Conflicts in Adjustment: World War II Prisoners of War and Their Families; M.M. Bernstein. Genocide: The Turkish Genocided of the Armenians: Continuing Effects on Survivors and Their Families Eight Decades after Massive Trauma; D. Kupelian, et al. The Vietnam War: Warrior Fathers and Warrior Sons: Intergenerational Aspects of trauma; R. Rosenheck, A. Fontana. Intergenerational Effects Revealed After the Fall of Communism: Intergenerational Aspects in the Conflict in Former Yugoslavia; E. Klain. Indigenous People: Intergenerational Aspects of Trauma for Australian Aboriginal People; B. Raphael, et al. Repressive Regimes: Stalin's Purge and Its Impact on Russian Families; K.G. Baker, J.B. Gippenreitner. Domestic Violence and Crime: Intergenerational Child Maltreatment; A. Buchanan. Infectious and Life-Threatening Diseases: AIDS and Its traumatic Effects on Families; B. Draimin, et al. The Emerging Biology of Intergenerational Trauma: Psychobiology of Intergenerational effects of Trauma: Evidence from Animal Studies; S.J. Suomi, S. Levine. Conclusion. 28 Additional Chapters. Index.