"Coming Home: A History of War Veterans" [audio 54 min 56 sec]

Between the global recession and the swine flu pandemic, news about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan has become scanty-at-best. What little coverage there is tends to focus on developments overseas. In this Veterans' Day special, the History Guys look at what happens when vets return home. Sons of Confederate Veterans spokesman Frank Earnest makes a case for separating the politics of war from our remembrance of its veterans. Historian Rebecca Jo Plant discusses the changing expectations for veterans’ wives and mothers. And psychologist Ed Tick talks about PTSD in the pre-psychological age.