<p>“C<span class="body"><span class="body"><span class="pullquote odd">ombat fatigue</span></span></span>” a<span class="body"><span class="body"><span class="pullquote odd">nd </span></span></span>“post-Vietnam syndrome” lost ground to a more sophisticated understanding of the problem of PTSD.</p>
<p><span class="deck">It was once as big as the fear of flying, and it helped show the way to psychotherapy and the modern treatment of traumatic stress.</span></p>
<p>The horrors of the Civil War led to madness and suicide among many soldiers and veterans, but comparisons to modern diagnoses of PTSD are difficult.</p>
