Invisible storm : a soldier's memoir of politics and PTSD /
Kander, Jason,
Invisible storm : a soldier's memoir of politics and PTSD / Jason Kander. - First edition. - xiv, 210 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
The uniform -- An ordinary day (in Jalalabad) -- Running angry -- The shame spiral staircase -- I should be better by now -- Young man in a hurry -- The cool kids' table -- I don't want to do this anymore -- Jason Kander? He died. -- The monster -- The stuff I wish someone had told me -- Epilogue: The question I haven't answered.
From political wunderkind and former army intelligence officer Jason Kander comes a haunting, powerful memoir about politics, PTSD, impossible choices--and how sometimes walking away from the chance of a lifetime can be the greatest decision of all. In 2017, in President Obama's final Oval Office interview, he was asked who gave him hope for the future of the country. Jason Kander was the first name he mentioned. Kander announced a bid for mayor of Kansas City and was headed for a landslide victory. But after eleven years battling PTSD from his service in Afghanistan he was seized by depression and suicidal thoughts, dropped out of the mayor's race-- and finally sought help. In this brutally honest memoir, Kander has written the book he himself needed in the most painful moments of his PTSD. Sometimes walking away from the chance of a lifetime can be the greatest decision of all. -- Adapted from jacket.
9780358658962 0358658969
Kander, Jason.
Politicians--United States--Biography.
Soldiers--United States--Biography.
Veterans--United States--Biography.
Post-traumatic stress disorder.
Missouri--Politics and government--21st century.
Autobiographies.
Invisible storm : a soldier's memoir of politics and PTSD / Jason Kander. - First edition. - xiv, 210 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
The uniform -- An ordinary day (in Jalalabad) -- Running angry -- The shame spiral staircase -- I should be better by now -- Young man in a hurry -- The cool kids' table -- I don't want to do this anymore -- Jason Kander? He died. -- The monster -- The stuff I wish someone had told me -- Epilogue: The question I haven't answered.
From political wunderkind and former army intelligence officer Jason Kander comes a haunting, powerful memoir about politics, PTSD, impossible choices--and how sometimes walking away from the chance of a lifetime can be the greatest decision of all. In 2017, in President Obama's final Oval Office interview, he was asked who gave him hope for the future of the country. Jason Kander was the first name he mentioned. Kander announced a bid for mayor of Kansas City and was headed for a landslide victory. But after eleven years battling PTSD from his service in Afghanistan he was seized by depression and suicidal thoughts, dropped out of the mayor's race-- and finally sought help. In this brutally honest memoir, Kander has written the book he himself needed in the most painful moments of his PTSD. Sometimes walking away from the chance of a lifetime can be the greatest decision of all. -- Adapted from jacket.
9780358658962 0358658969
Kander, Jason.
Politicians--United States--Biography.
Soldiers--United States--Biography.
Veterans--United States--Biography.
Post-traumatic stress disorder.
Missouri--Politics and government--21st century.
Autobiographies.