Why do some individuals crumble when faced with adversity or massive trauma, while others emerge with their ability intact to live a normal life? This book addresses the many facets of the important phenomenon called resilience. Thirteen authors contribute to the inquiry in 11 chapters. Basically the book is grouped around the contributions of three outstanding researchers in this field: Boris Cyrulnik, Henry Krystal, and Henri Parens. They have written extensively on this subject. All three are holocaust survivors, as well as psychiatrists, who