The Evil Hours

“An essential book” on PTSD, an all-too-common condition in both military veterans and civilians ( The New York Times Book Review ).   Post-traumatic stress disorder afflicts as many as 30 percent of those who have experienced twenty-first-century combat—but it is not confined to soldiers. Countless ordinary Americans also suffer from PTSD, following incidences of abuse, crime, natural disasters, accidents, or other trauma—yet in many cases their symptoms are still shrouded in mystery, secr