In April 2008, the Los Angeles Times, New York Times, and other newspapers across the country reported the most comprehensive study to date on Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome and Iraq/Afghanistan War vets. Conducted by the Rand Corporation, the study revealed that one in five vets are suffering from depression or stress disorders. In addition, less than half of the 300,000 veterans in the study received care for depression or PTSD. The study emphasizes the reality of modern, counterinsurgent warfare: these conflicts may kill fewer troops than traditional battle, but leave deeper psychological scars.

Decorated war hero Nate Self is one of those vets battling the long-term effects of PTSD. And in his new book, Two Wars: One Hero’s Fight on Two Fronts – Abroad and Within he details the jarring events that led up to it – including the now historic Rescue on Roberts Ridge.

Two Wars is a rare look into a Soldier’s soul. For the first time, Army Ranger hero Nate Self tells his story. Self recounts the Roberts Ridge Rescue mission, the ferocious battles in Afghanistan, and the lone war of attrition that Nate Self has waged against post-traumatic stress disorder. This book will become a go-to book for understanding the long-term effects of the war on terror. Thousands of families are fighting this battle, and Nate Self opens up his whole life–tragedies, successes, failures, and a struggle with suicidal thoughts–to share the facts and to show how his family and his faith pulled him through.

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Two Wars is published by Tyndale House Publishers in partnership with Alive Communications.