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  • Chapter 29 - Post-traumatic sleepiness

  • from Section 3 - Medical, Psychiatric and Neurological Causes Of Sleepiness
  • Edited by Michael J. Thorpy, Michel Billiard
  • Book:
    Sleepiness
    Published online:
    04 February 2011
    Print publication:
    27 January 2011, pp 329-334

  • Summary

    The challenge for any ancient military strategist who wanted to deprive his enemy of sleep would have been figuring out how to do so without exacting a comparable toll on his own troops. In this context, there is probably no better example of a strategy that achieved such an outcome than that employed by Alexander the Great at the Battle of Gaugamela. This chapter illustrates the manner in which sleep/sleepiness has remained a militarily relevant factor in modern times. This is best highlighted by the presumed military strategy of the former USSR/Warsaw Pact nations during the Cold War. Military sleep researchers have mostly been dedicated to performing studies with an ultimate aim of sustaining the military effectiveness (ability to perform those tasks required to successfully achieve mission objectives) of sleepy soldiers. The Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) is a comprehensive sleep/performance management system (SPMS).