“Melodramas of moral courage provide satisfaction through the comforting fantasy that our own character would hold steady under the most extreme pressure of dreadful events. [But we must face] the painful awareness that in all likelyhood one's own character would not have stood firm.” WarRealityPrideMelodrama Book:Achilles in Vietnam: Combat Trauma and the Undoing of Character Source: Achilles in Vietnam: Combat Trauma and the Undoing of Character