Volviendo a casa. Veteranos de Iraq y Afganistán en documentales y películas de ficción

Resumen

The returning home of the soldiers from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have intensified the conflict created between American veterans and their government. The U.S. administration is supposed to provide ex-soldiers with their subsequent benefits and pension. However, that does not seem to be the case. Many American veterans are being ignored by their government which, in many cases, refuses to pay them and their families a full pension for the rest of their lives for what they suffer: post traumatic stress disorder. Documentaries and fiction films, such as the ones commented in this article, explore into the consequences of that disorder on the American soldiers and their closest relatives, serving as a «bridge» between the Establishment and the people.