Combat TraumaAmericans have long been asked to support the troops and care for veterans' psychological wounds. Who, though, does this injunction serve? As acclaimed scholar Nadia Abu El Haj argues here, in the American publics imagination, the traumatized soldier stands in for destructive wars abroad, with decisive ramifications in the post 9 11 era. Across the political spectrum, the language of soldier trauma is used to discuss American warfare, producing a