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When I was still in my psychiatric residency training in New York City, I was subjected to the doctor draft of that time, during the…

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I never quite envisioned myself a proper doctor under that white coat, but I was interested in the idea of healing and…
Again, I was influenced by my father, who was very much an atheist and took pride in combating the traditional or orthodox…
But when I went to Hiroshima and began to study or just listen to people's descriptions of their work, it was quite…
In sum, doubling is the psychological means by which one invokes the evil potential of the self. That evil is neither inherent…
And I was troubled by the heavy-handed prose of so much psychoanalytic writing, which seemed drowned in its own concepts.
And I managed to arrange to get some research support and to stay in Hong Kong for another year and a half,…
Sometimes its said that psychiatrists are doctors who are frightened by the sight of blood. I might have fallen into that category.
I learned a lot from Vietnam veterans, especially as some of them turned against their own war.
David Frankfurter's valuable, well-written study takes us to the far reaches of demonology. In documenting the harm done by labeling others evil,…
Every adult in the world has some sense that he or she might be obliterated at any time by these weapons that…
One reason that I embarked on a study of Nazi doctors was that in this personal journey, I had the feeling increasingly…
As a kid I was fascinated with sports, and I loved sports more than anything else. The first books I read were…

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All of my high school male teachers were WWII and/or Korean War veterans. They taught my brothers and me the value of… — Oliver North
As a Korean War veteran, I know firsthand and understand the sacrifices made by our men and women in uniform. — Charles Rangel
I got called back into the Navy during the Korean War. — Daniel J. Evans
It will begin with its President taking a simple, firm resolution. The resolution will be: To forego the diversions of politics and… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
I wanted to do what Marilyn Monroe did (during the Korean War), when she went and just set up a stage and… — Lindsay Lohan
I have one criticism about the Negro troops who fought under my command in the Korean War. They didn't send me enough… — Douglas MacArthur
It is not widely known that, ever since the end of the Korean War, the United States has spent essentially the same… — James Fallows
When I was still in my psychiatric residency training in New York City, I was subjected to the doctor draft of that… — Robert Jay Lifton
East Asia has prospered since the end of the Vietnam War, and Northeast Asia has prospered since the end of the Korean… — William C. Kirby
As you may recall, Truman was extremely unpopular when he finally left Washington in 1953, thanks largely to the Korean War. Today,… — Thomas Frank
I am a Korean War veteran. I support our troops as much as anyone in this body, but I do so by… — John Conyers
I was drafted during the Korean War. — Clint Eastwood

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