“Jonathan Shay, he wrote a book called Achilles in Vietnam. He's a psychiatrist who worked for many years with veterans of Vietnam. And he reads the Iliad through the perspective of the soldier.”
Why: It helps readers understand Achilles and view the epic through the real-world perspective of modern soldiers.
Achilles in Vietnam by Jonathan Shay
Guest on EconTalkEconTalk Book Club on the Iliad (with Ido Hevroni) 7/6/26