In Sublimity and Terror, psychiatrist and war historian Stephen A. Goldman expands his groundbreaking research that shatters the pernicious "broken veteran" stereotype.

Via his sustained focus on both the Left-Armed Corps, a highly representative group of severely wounded Union soldiers, and veterans in general across U.S. and world history, he shows how combat and military service are powerfully linked with striking personal and professional success in civilian society. Using an unorthodox social-scientific approach that draw upon firsthand experience with veterans, deep knowledge of the mental health and military literatures, and eyewitness accounts from the Civil War through today, D. Goldman offers a unique psychiatric and historical perspective on the life-altering impact of surviving war.