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Continuing Actions: A Warrior’s Guide To Coming Home Paperback – September 2, 2015

by Dan Sheehan (Author), Dr. Jonathan Shay MD PhD (Foreword)
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Self-help book for veterans who wouldn't be caught dead reading a self-help book



Psychologists, non-profits, and the VA all stand ready to help a returning veteran cope with PTSD and Moral Injury. But they can't--not until that veteran stops pretending they're fine.
That's what Continuing Actions is all about.

Using the language of squad bays, ready rooms, and firefights, former Marine Cobra pilot and special operations forward air controller Dan Sheehan provides a no-BS guide to navigating the challenges of coming home.
Not every veteran needs a counsellor, but every veteran needs a basic understanding of how healthy humans deal with trauma to help themselves and their buddies.

With a foreword by Dr. Jonathan Shay, MD, PhD, bestselling author and rockstar of the VA mental health world, Continuing Actions provides insight into the inevitable challenges of coming home--and what veterans can do to help themselves, their comrades, and their families emerge whole, strong, and healthy on the other side.



Gold Medal Winner: 2015 Nautilus Awards, "Personal Growth" category
Bronze Medal Winner: 2016 IPPY Awards, "Psychology" category
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I wound up reading it in one sitting. It is really good, one of the best things I've read about coming home from war. It is much less clinical than most books and much more straight talk. --Tom Ricks, Pulitzer Prize winning former reporter for Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post, bestselling author of Fiasco, Senior Fellow at Center for a New American Security, and contributing editor at Foreign Policy Magazine

The former Marine Corps major follows his solid 2013 memoir, After Action: The True Story of a Cobra Pilot's Journey, by asking others to consider his proven, "pragmatic approach to the personal actions each of us must take in the final phase of the warrior's journey."
The challenges of coming home after combat "cannot be ignored, out-run, out-drank, or out-worked," he says with authority, and he highlights two attributes a warrior "can bring back from the unknown": Wisdom and insight. His books exemplify both.--J. Ford Huffman, Military Times

Not every returning veteran has full-blown PTSD, but many, if not most, experience a difficult transition from active duty to civilian life. Sheehan (After Action) here creates a manual for them. His theory is that the return is every bit as much a part of the warrior's journey as training and active duty. . . . Analogizing the process to a military operation, he suggests that much of what soldiers experience in uniform can help them out of it. . . .Ultimately, the book reminds those who may experience a loss of identity when they leave active duty that they remain trained soldiers who know how to identify and destroy the enemies keeping them from their objectives. This is a useful, no-nonsense guide.--Publishers Weekly

Gold Medal Winner: 2015 Nautilus Awards, "Personal Growth" category Bronze Medal Winner:2016 IPPY Awards (Independent Publisher Book Awards) "Psychology" category

"...an excellent resource for returning war veterans as well as anyone who wants to understand what being a warrior is like. I recommend that any soldier and those who know and love our soldiers should check out this book."
Judge, 24th Annual Writer's Digest Self-Published Book Awards

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Continuing Actions is the book I wish I could have read before I went to war. The lessons it contains were not included in my training, and that gap left me exposed to needless suffering after I came home. 
This book shares what I've learned from navigating my own post-war trials. I hope it helps break our nation's bad habit of being surprised that the trauma of war doesn't just go away when a warrior comes home, and gives veterans the information they need to manage their own self-care.
Semper Fi,
Dan

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (September 2, 2015)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 224 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1517180511
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1517180515
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 10.7 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.51 x 9 inches
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A Marine Corps veteran of the Iraq war, Dan turned his combat experiences as a Cobra helicopter pilot and special operations Forward Air Controller into two award-winning non-fiction books about the invisible wounds of war. Drawing on his personal experiences with moral injury/PTSD, Dan exposes how modern warriors are fundamentally unprepared for the challenges of reintegrating back into peacetime life—and what they can do about it. His first book--After Action: The True Story of a Cobra Pilot's Journey--is now required reading for all United States Marines.

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Barryzed
5.0 out of 5 stars Dan has effectively captured the wisdom so critical to understand the impacts of War and moving forward with the wisdom.
Reviewed in the United States on March 13, 2018
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I am a South African trained Clinical Psychologist and combat veteran from the Rhodesian Bush War. I have worked with Veterans for the past 15 years. With both his books Dan has made an invaluable and long awaited contribution to Veterans healing and their families and partners understanding them. However there is another area that I believe these books can have a profound impact on. Years of training at university need not necessarily equip Clinicians with the skills and the "wisdom" to effectively and respectfully support Veterans and those still serving. The wisdom, is gained not from studying the territory but walking the territory. Dan is one of those few tried and tested veterans who not only offers his story but through his courage around going into the core of his journey, his grief, his struggle with the killing, his fear and doubts and his experience of being in the air and on the ground, he has created a healing journey for us all-Veterans, families and professionals. After 15 years of working with Veterans, Dan's books have changed both my personal insights as a veteran and my skill and understandings as a Psychologist. To Veterans-I urge you to buy these books. They will give you a map and a compass of territory that you may feel lost in. To families-Dan's books will support you to understand the Veterans you are connected to. And to my fellow professionals and Veteran organisations-with all your years of study, you have simply reached the threshold and doorway into the world of the Veteran. If this is an area you are in or wish to explore, you need to listen attentively to the wisdom of a Veteran and be guided and informed by his words. At that point, you will be better at what you do. Dan's books are a gift and a great read. I wish him much success
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Jaketucson
5.0 out of 5 stars This is a great resource for returning veterans
Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2015
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This is a great resource for returning veterans. Dan Sheehan has combined his personal experience of war and processing his moral injuries with the available research on PTSD as it relates to combat veterans and created a handbook on how to "come home." He only uses psychological jargon if it is necessary to explain a concept. His writing style is for veterans, by a veteran. He does a very good job outlining the big-picture steps to integrating and de-compartmentalizing combat experiences, while at the same time allowing for all the different ways it may be put into actual practice by individual veterans. While having no military experience myself, I am a First Responder, and have found much of what Dan has written to be directly relatable to my own experiences as well. He has found a way to bring PTSD treatment to an "audience" that traditionally actively resists such treatment because to ask for help or to admit injury is to be seen as weak. He exposes the myth of this way of thinking, then provides clear, no-nonsense steps to recovery.

I have also read Dan's first book, After Action, and though it's not necessary for an understanding of Continuing Actions, I found that having the background knowledge helped in understanding where he was coming from when he used his experiences to illustrate points in Continuing Actions. Combat veterans would naturally have their own experiences to draw on. His first book is the story of his own combat tours and his experiences coming home and beginning the recovery process. Family members or friends without military experience wanting to help the veterans in their lives may find the first book helpful in understanding generally what a veteran experiences.
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Grim Ace
5.0 out of 5 stars All Combat Vets Need to Read this Book
Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2016
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Outstanding work by Dan Sheehan.

I never served in combat, but some in my family and many of my friends have. Dan takes a difficult and very real subject some considered taboo only a generation ago and makes it understandable for people like me. It's an easy read which is not to say the author hasn't done his homework, he clearly has as evidenced by the foreword by Dr. Jonathan Shay, a man whose study of PTSD and whose work with veterans is respected in military circles.

Halfway through the book, I had a long talk with a veteran friend of mine who's been going through some challenging times lately. Having just read a few chapters the previous night, I knew the best thing I could do was to be an active listener. Sure enough, some of the things my friend has encountered are all in the book...lack of sleep, short fuse, relationship difficulty, etc. Heartbreaking stuff. So, I told my friend about "Continuing Actions," and I'll be giving him the book tomorrow.

In addition to combat veterans and their families and friends, I also recommend this book to non-military folks such as first responders and those who see the things we're not supposed to see..and really anyone who's been through a traumatic event.

You have a gift Dan, keep writing. Thank you for your work.
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Brad
5.0 out of 5 stars Compelling, insightful, thoughtful, and practical!
Reviewed in the United States on September 30, 2015
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Compelling, insightful, thoughtful, and practical! Sheehan's book combines theory, experiences from the Iraq War, and personal insights from his struggles with Post Traumatic Stress to craft a deliberate methodology designed to accelerate the healing of mental, emotional, and moral injuries suffered in combat. A Marine attack pilot and 3rd generation military aviator, Sheehan possess a unique gift for explaining our warrior culture, ethos, and the associated difficulties understanding, seeking, and accepting assistance. As the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts drawdown, too many of our veterans and families suffer alone, turn to alcohol and drugs, or consider suicide. Continuing Actions descriptions of valuable healing techniques include self-aids, buddy aids, and professional medical aids with an important emphasis on the roles of family and society in the veterans reintegration from violent combat to civilian life. A must read for political and military leaders at every level, active duty service members, families, loved ones, and our fellow American citizens.
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