It may sound terrible, but I often say that the military saved me from a conventional life in the United States and I've never really thanked them for it, because I haven't exactly been pro-military in my work.

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Every adult in the world has some sense that he or she might be obliterated...

Every adult in the world has some sense that he or she might be obliterated...

What I found was when I started my first study, and then in subsequent studies,...

What I found was when I started my first study, and then in subsequent studies,...

I learned a lot from Vietnam veterans, especially as some of them turned against their...

I learned a lot from Vietnam veterans, especially as some of them turned against their...

And I managed to arrange to get some research support and to stay in Hong...

And I managed to arrange to get some research support and to stay in Hong...

As a kid I was fascinated with sports, and I loved sports more than anything...

As a kid I was fascinated with sports, and I loved sports more than anything...

It was because of my deep concerns about nuclear weapons that I went to Hiroshima....

It was because of my deep concerns about nuclear weapons that I went to Hiroshima....

But I spent just two calendar years at Cornell University, though it was covering more...

But I spent just two calendar years at Cornell University, though it was covering more...

I did the first study because I had been exposed to something that I took...

I did the first study because I had been exposed to something that I took...

Again, I was influenced by my father, who was very much an atheist and took...

Again, I was influenced by my father, who was very much an atheist and took...

When I was still in my psychiatric residency training in New York City, I was...

When I was still in my psychiatric residency training in New York City, I was...

And I thought about the psychic numbing involved in strategic projections of using hydrogen bombs...

And I thought about the psychic numbing involved in strategic projections of using hydrogen bombs...

Sometimes it's said that psychiatrists are doctors who are frightened by the sight of blood....

Sometimes it's said that psychiatrists are doctors who are frightened by the sight of blood....

I never quite envisioned myself a proper doctor under that white coat, but I was...

I never quite envisioned myself a proper doctor under that white coat, but I was...

I don't have the feeling that as a very young person I read books that...

I don't have the feeling that as a very young person I read books that...

One reason that I embarked on a study of Nazi doctors was that in this...

One reason that I embarked on a study of Nazi doctors was that in this...

I struggled with each of these studies and I was uncertain about what they meant,...

I struggled with each of these studies and I was uncertain about what they meant,...

Yes, I've been very preoccupied with the survivor all through my work.

Yes, I've been very preoccupied with the survivor all through my work.

But when I went to Hiroshima and began to study or just listen to people's...

But when I went to Hiroshima and began to study or just listen to people's...

I'm a Brooklyn boy. I was born in Brooklyn, New York, and raised there, and...

I'm a Brooklyn boy. I was born in Brooklyn, New York, and raised there, and...