Stealth Patrol: The Making of a Vietnam Ranger, 1968-70

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SPECIAL OPERATIONS UNIT IN VIETNAM.......2006-06-06

This is the true story of Bill Shanahan and his two tours of duty in Vietnam. Bill and his co-author John Brackin have created a book that gives the reader a fox-hole view on a unique kind of warfare. In Vietnam at this period of time, the Army and the Marines were all engaged in large operations with big units going into battles. Meanwhile, small Ranger units began to play by another set of rules with the enemy forces. They would ambush and engage the enemy where and when they chose. Sometimes the NVA and VC had greater numbers but these silent and invisible killing forces were able to pull success after success.

The authors give the reader some rich imagery through their wording and descriptions. This story is well worth telling and it will inspire and entertain. Bill was a real hero as were the men he fought with in his Ranger unit. I believe that this book gives justice to what they did.

A highly recommended book to read; it is given our Top Rating!

Great Job Bill. Never Forget........2004-11-02

Excellent view on how we worked. Bill & John did and great job! Lurp Teams were the "Eyes and Ears of the Commanding General". We had many tense situations. I personally slept with my M16 on my left side, my radio phone on my right ear and my 45 on my chest- finger on the trigger & thumb on the safety. Ed Zapata RTO, Team G. Thanks Bill. Never forget you guys, Bill, Dave and Arthur Bell.

Great Job Bill. Never Forget........2004-08-07

Excellent view on how we worked. Bill & John did and great job! Lurp Teams were the "Eyes and Ears of the Commanding General". We had many tense situations. I personally slept with my M16 on my left side, my radio phone on my right ear and my 45 on my chest- finger on the trigger thumb on the safety. Ed Zapata RTO, Team G. Thanks Bill. Never forget you guys, Bill, Dave and Arthur Bell.

Like it really was to be a LRRP or Ranger in Vietnam.......2004-07-08

I think that Bill Shanahan's is one of the very best first-hand accounts written about LRRP operations. His verbiage is not egotistical, but it does reflect the confidence with which he and his teammates and others in his unit carried out their very speciallized and unique operations. They were a fine unit and this book gives testimony to their memorable combat achievements as part of "The Herd", the 173rd Airborne Bde. This books ranks right up there with the best of Gary Linderer's series of books and other great combat narratives of the Vietnam War. He puts the reader right out there "in the bush" and explains tactics and actions in a manner even those who did not serve in a LRRP or Ranger unit can readily understand. He tells what his unit did, where they did it, how well, and "lessons learned", all in a very candid way. It is particularly good considering that this is apparently his first book. I hope more are forthcoming from him. I speak from first-hand knowlege as a former LRRP in the 1st Infantry Division in Vietnam. I would highly recommend "Stealth Patrol" for a valued place in anyone's library.

Deeper Appreciation.......2004-06-20

An excellent read. Told in the first person, this book is very informative, interesting, exciting, and free of unnecessary embellishments. The story of the inception and development of the Rangers as told by a man who actually lived it gives one a profound appreciation of the accomplishments our military. For those of us who remember that era of our history, and how relatively primitive the equipment and weaponry of the Viet Nam era was, it underscores the high degree of technological sophistication that our fighting men and women have in these current times. We should all be thankful that America is blessed with people like the men of the Rangers, and all those who have followed.

Stealth Patrol : The Making Of A Vietnam Ranger

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The First Fiasco

Stealth Patrol : The Making Of A Vietnam Ranger
Bill; Brackin, John P. Shanahan
Manufacturer: Da Capo Press
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From Stealth Patrol: "He spoke in a sort of clipped cadence, his words tumbling out quickly, one on top of the other; and his voice was deep and throaty, the way a bear might sound, if he could talk, after a night of drinking. 'Basically I'm here recruiting guys for the Lurps.... We operate in teams of five, maybe six, members apiece. In the Lurps, every man counts-and that's why we only take the best.'" Just four months after he arrived in Vietnam in 1968, Bill Shanahan joined the LRPs (Long Range Patrol). The mission of the Lurps, as they were called, was dangerous: Five- or six-man teams were dropped into the dense forest behind enemy lines. With quiet stealth, they observed enemy troop movements and staged ambushes that often ended in fierce firefights. When their mission was accomplished, they called for quick helicopter extraction. Back on base, they debriefed and tried to sleep off the adrenaline. Two days later they were back in the brush. The missions changed from week to week, but every day the goal was the same-stay alive.

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The First Fiasco.......2006-11-02

The book is a good recollection of how it was. It is very much first person and personal based more or less on what we knew at the time. A good read.

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Stealth Patrol: The Making of a Vietnam Ranger.
BILL SHANAHAN
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Shanahan, Bill & John P. Brackin. Stealth patrol; the making of a Vietnam ranger.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review): An article from: Kliatt

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Shanahan, Bill & John P. Brackin. Stealth patrol; the making of a Vietnam ranger.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review): An article from: Kliatt
Raymond Puffer
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If humanity cannot live with the dangers and responsibilities inherent in freedom, it will probably turn to authoritarianism. This is the central idea of Escape from Freedom, a landmark work by one of the most distinguished thinkers of our time, and a book that is as timely now as when first published in 1941. Few books have thrown such light upon the forces that shape modern society or penetrated so deeply into the causes of authoritarian systems. If the rise of democracy set some people free, at the same time it gave birth to a society in which the individual feels alienated and dehumanized. Using the insights of psychoanalysis as probing agents, Fromm's work analyzes the illness of contemporary civilization as witnessed by its willingness to submit to totalitarian rule.

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time to remember history.......2007-10-11

I bought this book trying to undestand the last events in Russia. There is no mirror situation between Germany in 30-s of the last century and the current situation in Russia. However, there is the same conclusion. If you are not ready to take a responsibility for your own freedom, you will lost it.

great book.......2007-09-26

Erich Fromm is perhaps the most brilliant psychoanalyst period. I have read two other books by him, and am again amazed by his ability to create a unifying and extemely broad theory on how escape from objective external control (ie religious organizations) leaves us feeling alone and powerless; our lives become seemingly meaningless. Erich Fromm should be read by anyone who is deeply interested in the social sciences (I'm a psychology major) or even anyone interested in knowing themselves better as he is able to reveal many of our faults to us. Fromm may have been a humanist, but he writes in a style that is as demanding of our change as it is understanding of our faults.

The Optimistic Jew.......2007-08-31

Fromm originally wrote this work to explore the psychological reason for the success of Nazism in Germany. But the book also explores the pathologies inherent in modernity itself. Modernity introduced radical destabilizing forces into traditional economic, political and religious structures. This caused mass anxiety which resulted in people becoming subject to cults, religions and political movements that promise stability, surety and predictability. This is a wonderful insight that can explain such varied 20th century phenomena as the return to religious fundamentalism, political fanaticism, mindless admiration for pop stars etc. His interpretation of the Old Testament could serve as a wonderful antidote to Jewish and Christian inclinations towards escaping from the freedom of their own autonomous reason. This inclination is a cautionary for 'settler Zionism' and the idolotry of land that I issue in my own book "The Optimistic Jew: a Positive Vision for the Jewish People in the 21st Century".

Book.......2007-07-29

I genuinely though it was really boring. It didn't change my views on anything. I'm not a marxist, perhaps that's why I didn't enjoy the book. I felt as if I was in a classroom, while being lectured by a really boring professor (because he writes in first person)
It was very dull.

A Social Psychology Explaining Totalitarian Movements.......2006-02-28

Erich Fromm originally wrote this work in 1941 which explores the psychological reason for the success of Nazism in Germany. However that is not the only subject of the book. It also explores the pathologies in industrial democracies as well.

Modern totalitarian movements are empowered by the psychology of a society which suffers anxiety and alienation as a result of the freedom and dynamism introduced with the change in economic, political and religious structures brought by modernity.

Two escapes from freedom are possible, descent into sadist and/or masochistic perversion, or the automaton (mindless conformity).

One interesting strain of social research would be the extension of Fromm's theory to militant Islam. The same theory that Fromm postulates for the origin of destructive behavior may apply to the appeal to sucide bombing seen in the Middle East.

In the final chapter Fromm reads like a science fiction libertarian. He expounds utopian visions like Gene Roddenberry. The object being the evolution of a society that not only provides freedom from (negative freedom in Fromm's vocabulary) compulsion, but also freedom to (positive freedom) realize each individual's potential. Unfortunately, in the final five pages, Fromm extolls the virtues of Marxism. It is not unexpected. Writing in 1941, Fromm would have no idea the horrors that would be perpetrated in the name of radical egalitarianism in China, Korea, Vietnam, Cuba, all over Latin America and the continent of Africa. Marxism has been the height of chic in academia since the depression. It is like reading Carl Popper, an otherwise really smart guy, who has been seduced by radical egalitarianism.

Getting past the appeal to Marxism, Escape from Freedom is a very important book in understanding the appeal of totalitarian movements.

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Escape Ffrom Evil
A study with range and depth
A book to haunt your bookshelf
Becker's Brave Pessimism
"Cracking the Cosmic Egg"

Escape from Evil
Ernest Becker
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Escape Ffrom Evil.......2007-04-02

This is an interesting book that reviews the findings of some psychologists in recent years. It does develop Freud analysis and the Neo Freud pschologists modifications into a new explanation of evil and death denial.
It sometimes uses concepts too broadly without adequate definitions. If you were read this book it would be wise to read Freud and Jung as a starting point.
It is fairly complex and covers too wide an area. However it a usual contribution to the modern social science explanations of man's behaviour.

A study with range and depth.......2006-04-21

Escapre from Evil may not be as rigorous as Denial of Death (perhaps fittingly since it was published before Becker finished it), but it is more interesting and engaging. Becker's thesis sounds a bit farfetched at first and, indeed, what he offers in the end may be more of a possible interpretation than a necessary one. However, his observations are wide-ranging and rest on solid ground.

Perhaps I do not want to say to much and spoil it for any potential readers. Suffice it to say that this work is incredible and is possibly my favorite book. I tore through it and will almost certainly read it again. It is a shame that Becker left this world so early, as he had a brilliant mind and would doubtlessly have produced more profound works.

A book to haunt your bookshelf.......2006-04-10

"Man is an animal...moving about on a planet shining in the sun. Whatever else he is, is built on this." So begins the opening pages of Becker's "Escape". "Existence, for all organismic life, is a constant struggle to feed--a struggle to incorporate whatever other organisms they can fit into their mouths and press down their gullets without choking. Seen in these stark terms, life on this planet is a gory spectacle...in which digestive tracks fitted with teeth at one end are tearing away at whatever flesh they can reach, and at the other end are piling up the fuming waste excrement as they move along..." Becker's "Denial of Death" dealt with the way man controls his basic anxiety by keeping it unconscious, "Escape from Evil", once again, tracks man from his organismic beginning to his emphatic end--detailing man's various ways he USES culture, ritual, power, inequality, money, etc as modes to achieving an expansiveness of meaning in the limited form of his physical body. Becker: "Man is an organism who KNOWS that he wants food and who KNOWS what will happen if he doesn't get it. This translates into a principle of prosperity...Once we have an animal who recognizes that he needs prosperity, we also have one who realizes that anything that works AGAINST continued prosperity is bad." Other insights: Becker's great insights into the primitive economy as religious because nature always gave freely to man, causing man to sacrifice food to remove his basic guilt...which may solve the dilema as to why native people were not content to just "exist" in paradise and be happy: Primitve life was a rich and playful dramatization of cosmic flirtation until Western man, who had long ago forgoten how to "play", came into the picture. Becker: "Society...is a dramatization of dependence and an exercise in mutal safety by the one animal in evolution who had to figure out a way of appeasing himself...We can conclude that primitives were more honest about these things---about guilt and debt---because they were more realistic about man's desperate situation vis-a-vis nature. Becker's insights unfold in front of you like a nasty animal you shine light on in your basement in the darkness. Read "Escape from Evil" along with "Denial of Death" and be prepared to either deny it all...or sit upright in the silent confines of your home and wonder what to do next...

Becker's Brave Pessimism.......2003-03-22

I wish Ernest Becker were still around, telling us what he thinks of the world. He'd certainly be able to shed some light on what's going on now. ESCAPE FROM EVIL, while not as rigorous as his earlier work (it was published after his death, against his wishes) transposes the more individual explorations of death in DENIAL OF DEATH to larger society. What he finds is not necessarily encouraging, but it is always enlightening, invigorating, and truthful. He works hard to look at hard realities and, further, though he is not optimistic, he is interested in a rigorous hope, a hope without illusion. Becker helps you lose your illusions with aplomb.

"Cracking the Cosmic Egg".......2002-10-17

Decades ago I read a book by Joseph Chilton Pierce titled, 'The Crack in the Cosmic Egg'. That book used an egg inside an eggshell as a metaphor for the state of the average human being living inside his or her eggshell world of ideas, traditions, beliefs, and thoughts. It went on to discuss how that 'eggshell' of ideas, traditions, beliefs, and thoughts can be false or misleading, and talked about the manner in which one can escape that shell in the interest of building an 'eggshell' unique to the individual and not necessarily inherited or imposed. Of course, to not remain open to change and to cease to challenge one's 'shell' is to run the risk of simply reconstructing another that is equally misleading.

No two books have affected my beliefs and thoughts any more than have Becker's 'Escape from Evil' and 'The Denial of Death'. I read the latter in college and have since read it again on several occasions. I read 'Escape from Evil' nearly as a sequel to 'Denial of Death' and recommend it as a companion work.

I would in retrospect probably read 'Escape from Evil' before 'Denial of Death.' But to say that is of course quantum mechanics. I've already performed the experiment the results of which I've measured but whose effects have now altered my 'quantum state' of thinking. My opinion might have been the reverse had I read 'Escape...' first. C'est la vie.

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An escape from science.......2005-03-29

So what is the self? Baumeister has an early section by that title. but his response hardly seems a clear definition. It would seem that over 2,000 years ago, Buddhism gave more thought to what the self was. And Buddhism is not scientific. One would expect a modern social scientist could do better. "Self can be understood to be a physical entity overlaid with meaning". Seem clear? Seem scientific? Baumeiser is never precise about what "self" is. He overloads it with attributions. It's self-esteem, self-control, self-image,self-whatever-its-convenient-to-call-it-at-the-moment. You know what he means. Don't you?

After all, it is what we are all escaping from, supposedly.

Baumeister discusses some behaviors: suicide, masochism, alcoholism, binge eating and religous exercise. These he asserts are evidence of escaping from the self. Rather than introduce you to these behaviors first so that you could see how the idea of "escape from the self" is derived, he talks about these in the latter half of the book. After he has elaborated on how the self he hardly defines can be a burden and how escape from whatever that self is generally works. He does this as a speculative exercise, asserting what takes place, with little or no experimental support presented. When he discusses the behaviors such as suicide and masochism, he only says a little bit about each one before asserting (a lot) how each demonstrates an "escape from the self".

Saying that it would be "reckless to try to explain all forms of behavior by ... by the notion of escaping the self", he proceeds to note as escapes such activities as distance running, surfing, skiing, and being a sports fan". So he's viewing a lot as possible "escape from self". And with the self not well defined and with escape not well defined, it becomes hard to say why he would view one behavior as an escape and not another.

"Playing a game may provide escape in the sense that one abandons consideration of one's normal identity and submerges awareness in the game". So how does Baumeister see that someone else is doing all that?

I thought science depended on good definitions, good experiments and thorough analysis, so the escape I recommend is escaping this book. Alcoholism, suicide, masochism, binge eating and spirital exercises seem behaviors worth better analysis. Even if these are "escapes from self", what then to do about each? I didn't find that addressed. Baumeister seemed content having asserted each was an escape.

A Scientific Existentialism.......2004-08-02

"Escaping the Self" is a manifestly brilliant work of social psychology and social criticism. Reading the book, I recapture the feelings of insight that originally attracted me to psychology.

The main idea of the book is that many difficult to explain behaviors, such as masochism and suicide, result from a need to escape - and that this need to escape is very specific escape from self-consciousness. Baumeister goes into detail about the various motivations for this need to escape and how they motivate different forms of escape, and also details social trends that have magnified the burden of escape from the self.

This is in many ways the kind of book I would love to write. Baumeister is able to see the implicitly accepted dogmas and flaws of the culture he lives in, much like a Nietzsche, before they are generally recognized. It's interesting that this work is out of print now - and the idea not generally appreciated by those who could best put it to work. This pattern occurs with many 'heretical' thinkers. And since the works details more the downside of our obsession with self - something we do not recognize as a choice, or something unusual - this might explain the book's status.

Easily the most interesting social/behavioral science book I have read in a long time - it also opens many new avenues for scholarship to the careful reader. Highly reccomended.

ALCOHOL, FOOD, DRUGS, MASOCHISM, WHATEVER YOUR DRUG,..........2001-07-01

Whatever your drug of choice, read this! An amazing theorist and scientist who is an aclaimed social psychologist and accomplished writer. Roy Baumeister has taskled issues that are relevant to all of us. He is able to concisely express his theories regarding the actions of the human species...Essentially the "why" of what we do what we do. A great read for anyone, but especially valuable for those interested in psychology and people in general. An essential tool to the "future-counselor." A must read!

Escape from Intimacy: Untangling the ``Love'' Addictions: Sex, Romance, Relationships

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An interesting view on the relationships
Keep working your program
life-changing!
A Must Read for all Women
A great book

Escape from Intimacy: Untangling the ``Love'' Addictions: Sex, Romance, Relationships
Anne Wilson Schaef
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Schaef applies the addictions of sex, love, romance, and relationships to her broader addiction theory and clearly defines and contrasts the relationship addictions.

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An interesting view on the relationships.......2007-05-28

I would reccomend to read this book to all people involved into any kind of relationships. It's not all Q&As but it's a real and logical view on many "mystical" things that we often shy away from.

Keep working your program.......2001-12-15

This book was helpful to me, although I felt the author was still working out her issues of control in her writing. The author spoke extensively about the 12 step program and how invaluable it was to recovery, but it seems that she is still stuck around two or three. Relinquishing self-will is vital to emotional development. Not only did the author try to suggest that polygamy was a much more acceptable and reasonable concept for relationships in the coming future, she refused to acknowledge God in her recitation of the twelve steps but instead chose to refer to him as a Process. Of course as an author she is entitled to write as she desires, but based on the topic on which she chose to write I was surprised at her single-minded desire to impose her views upon the reader, rather than offering the advice along with other alternatives and allowing the reader to decide

life-changing!.......2001-12-02

reading this short book has changed my life. i found myself detailed in practically every page. having experienced several failed relationships and a generally "unlucky in love" sort of life, i recognized myself in these profiles of sex, romance, and relationship addicts who form "pseudo relationships" that are designed to keep the addict from knowing her true self. Schaef, a recovered "pseudo relationship" addict, details all the tricks of this disease, which is a progressive and fatal addiction like all other addictions (drugs, alcohol).

if you think this statement sounds like malarky, read Schaef's book to see how true it is! Addiction serves to alter a person's mood or perception. This can be accomplished without drugs or alcohol. Relationship addiction is a "process addiction," whereby the addict spends his or her time focusing on an external stimulus (the relationship) instead of taking care of their Self! Most useful is Schaef's list of behaviors exhibit by sex, romance, or relationship addicts. I found myself in nearly every one!

This constellation of addictions is tricky to detect because the very skills to support the addiction "appear" to be relationship skills AS TAUGHT on tv, movies, in the general folklore of our culture. Which, as Schaef explains, is an addictive society, so it reinforces our addictive behaviors. These process addictions are VERY common, and at the heart of other conditions such as depression, anxiety, etc.

DO NOT BE FOOLED...cynics may read this review and find what I've written here to be self-help/new-age gibberish. Schaef's book is very short (158 pp.), extrememly readable, totally lucid, and very clearly organized, with information that builds on itself in an expert, lockstep manner.

I HIGHLY recommend this book to anyone who suffers in relationships. If you have failed relationship after failed relationship, or are in an abusive situation, or feel compelled to lie/cheat/distort the truth to maintain a relationship, or have any other self-realized behavior that you know is unhealthy but don't know what is "wrong," PLEASE READ THIS BOOK.

I believe this book will have a life-changing affect on anyone who reads it and relates to the information within. After all, the disease of addictive relationships is a disease of relating: we are not relating to people, but to our fantasies of what "relationships" SHOULD be.

A Must Read for all Women.......2001-11-20

Anne Wilson Schaef is one of those rare people with the gift of understanding women in modern American culture. The insight in her books is nothing short of genius.

A great book.......2000-05-09

The book was very eye opening. Where I had previously labeled my self as 'Co-dependent' I can now see where it is truly another addition of MINE in my life. I had felt almost a superiority in wearing the 'Co-dependent' hat, and can see after reading this book how it is a mask that was hiding my own addiction. Now I have to do the work.

It was easy to read and very realistic - the examples were very helpful for me to see my own patterns in creating relationships. My favorite section began on page 103 " The following are some of the skills used to form pseudo- (addictive) relationships."... I am an expert at 9 out of 10 of the skills and previously thought that I was just a nice person, good friend, etc...

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The autobiography of Clover, a diagnosed paranoid schizophrenic, tells of her isolated childhood, her terrifying thirty- year journey through the mental health system, and her recovery after meeting supportive people who taught her how to love.

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Escape from Psychiatry gives hope and inspires healing.......2006-11-25

Escape from Psychiatry made me run the gamut of emotions. At times its text felt like the memoir of a holocaust survivor, revealing all manner of abuse and horror against humanity. I was mystified and intrigued, angered and repugned, saddened and humiliated. But mostly I was joyous...joyous that the invulnerable holy spirit, in all its divinity, ultimately emerges triumphant, giving hope and inspiring all who share this journey.

Clover Smith-Greene will tell you herself, she is one of the most truly blessed--she escaped the deadly clutches of psychiatry! Her remarkable recovery is a living testimony that through God's love and forgiveness anyone and everyone can heal.

Gwen Olsen, Author of Confessions of an Rx Drug Pusher

I know this woman and she is the real thing........2004-03-01

I have had the pleasure of meeting Clover and was able to spend some time getting to know her and though the book is great in person she is truly amazing. Having studied psychiatry and the effects of long term treatment I can tell you that hardly anyone makes it out and is able to function on their own. Clover has done that and was able to write and self publish her story all with the intent to help others. This book is great, it is truly a testament to one woman's strength and love for all. I would encourage you to also contact her through the info. given and support her cause, she is a real hero and a wonderful woman.

Inside Crazy Clover.......2002-02-02

"Escape from Psychiatry," the autobiography of "Clover Smith" is a harrowing account of one woman's odyssey through the mental health care system of the `50s, '60s and `70s. This is not a book that can be evaluated as a piece of literature, because strictly speaking, it just isn't. But, like other first person accounts in the same vein - Frances Farmer's "Will There Really Be a Morning?" comes to mind - Clover's story is valuable for its portrayal of the shocking abuses and neglect endured by the mentally ill at the hands of psychiatrists.

From her seemingly-credible perspective, she was just a young woman cut off from emotional support who put her trust in doctors to heal her simple fears. All she desired was one person with whom to talk about her feelings of isolation and terror. Instead she was scarred and scared, literally out of her wits, by a series of "treatments" which resembled torture more closely than they did rehabilitation. At the hands of doctors she spent thirty-one years undergoing electro-shock and neuroleptic drug therapies which left her filled with increasingly justified, internal rage and external symptoms ranging from the loss of her teeth and memory to the constant muscle spasms of tardive dyskinesia - a known neurotoxic side-effect from the brain damage caused by a range of neuroleptic drugs.

She never did find a psychiatrist who wanted to talk with her, with the exception of one scurrilous egotist who also tried to bed her. Yet some preternatural strength, resident inside Clover, allowed her to outlast the convoluted mental health care system. Her recovery finally came as a result of entering an Alcoholics Anonymous program and weaning herself from the medications she instinctively knew to be toxic. She is no longer schizophrenic or paranoid, two diagnoses that may never have been accurate for her or countless others who have undergone similar treatment.

Psychiatry Hinders More Than It Helps.......2000-10-16

ESCAPE FROM PSYCHIATRY is a very powerful story! I am awed by Clover's strength and courage in being able to recall and relive all of her experiences of psychiatric abuse in order to write about what she went through. Her story is very important because it shows how the core of so-called "schizophrenia" often traces back to feeling desperate for love and yet very afraid of it. Mostly, however, her story documents how the pessimistic expectations that psychiatrists have for people who are extreme mental cases can become self-fulfilling prophecies for people who remain trapped as "patients" in the "mental health" system. When Clover found different people who gave her kindness, love, and hope, she recovered and healed. This is the kind of story that most psychiatrists can't stand hearing about because it shows how they contribute to the very conditions they claim they are trying to cure, and it shows that their beliefs about "chronic mental cases" can be totally wrong.

Al Siebert, Ph.D Host of the "Successful Schizophrenia" web site. Executive Director of the Kenneth Donaldson Archive for the Autobiographies of Psychiatric Survivors

Excellent! Heart felt, thought provoking, self-disclosure........2000-04-26

This book truely touched my heart. I felt like a kindred spirit with the author. Clover's childhood reminded me so much of my own and brought back so many difficult emotions for me that I wept bitterly throughout the first five chapters. The book also gave me a complete understanding of what my mother, who died at the age of 53, went through with psychiatry and being diagnosed with manic-depressive illness. The way Clover explains feelings and behaviors she and others experienced in the book is nothing short of remarkable. I have never read a book that touched me at such a deep emotional level. This book made it impossible for me not to look deep within myself in an attempt to rescue my soul from the depths of spiritual turmoil and restlessness that I have allowed myself to fall prey to for 36 years. This book is extremely climactic in that it starts with a child that is isolated and withdrawn, being held hostage by the confines of a confused, angry, lonely, and miserable soul ultimately blooming into a beautiful, thriving, giving, understanding, accepting, and luminous spirit reaching out to help and be helped. Becoming one with all spirituality. Becoming complete. Clover, you are truely blessed. My spirit loves yours because you have the mind of Christ. Absolutely marvelous book. A must for everyone in search of self. You find it in this book because Clover holds your hand and leads you directly to it.

Suicide for some is an escape from 'the self'.(Community Psychiatry): An article from: Clinical Psychiatry News

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Suicide for some is an escape from 'the self'.(Community Psychiatry): An article from: Clinical Psychiatry News
Damian McNamara
Manufacturer: International Medical News Group
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ASIN: B00082Y2H2
Release Date: 2005-08-01

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Title: Suicide for some is an escape from 'the self'.(Community Psychiatry)
Author: Damian McNamara
Publication: Clinical Psychiatry News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: July 1, 2004
Publisher: International Medical News Group
Volume: 32 Issue: 7 Page: 48(1)

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