Book Review: Taylor,R. H. (2007). Homeward Bound: American Veterans Return from War. With Sandra Wright Taylor. Westport,CT: Praeger Security International

There is an extensive bibliography of referenced books, but less than five peer-reviewed journal articles appear in the book.

See Theda Skocpol , Protecting Soldiers and Mothers: The Political Origins of Social Policy in the United States (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1992).

See Jerry Lembcke , The Spitting Image: Myth, Memory, and the Legacy of Vietnam ( New York: New York University Press, 1998).

See Richard Severo and Lewis Milford , The Wages of War: When American Soldiers Came Home, from Valley Forge to Vietnam (New York: Simon & Schuster , 1989).

See the Department of Defense Task Force on Mental Health's report for specifics on veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan. Department of Defense Task Force on Mental Health, An Achievable Vision: Report of the Department of Defense Task Force on Mental Health ( Falls Church, VA: Defense Health Board, 2007).

See Musheno and Ross for an analysis of reservists who have served in Iraq. Michael Musheno and Susan M. Ross , Deployed: How Reservists Bear the Burden of Iraq (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2008).

On the widening gap between military and society, see Thomas E. Ricks , “The Widening Gap between the Military and Society,” The Atlantic Monthly (July 1997): 67-78. In a recent review article, Camacho and Atwood put forward a strong research agenda on veterans' affairs for military social scientists. Paul R. Camacho and Paul L. Atwood , “A Review of the Literature on Veterans Published in Armed Forces & Society, 1974-2006 ,” Armed Forces & Society 33 (2007): 351-81.