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Shell shock : traumatic neurosis and the British soldiers of the First World War / Peter Leese.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Leese, Peter.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- War neuroses--Great Britain--History--20th century.
- War neuroses.
- World War, 1914-1918--Psychological aspects.
- World War, 1914-1918.
- Psychological aspects.
- World War, 1914-1918--Medical care--Great Britain.
- History.
- Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 229 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave, [2002]
- Summary:
- To the British soldiers of the Great War who heard about it, "shell shock" was uncanny, amusing, and sad. To those who experienced it, the condition was shameful, unjustly stigmatized, and life-changing. The first full-length study of the British "shell shocked" soldiers of the Great War combines social and medical history to investigate the experience of psychological casualties on the Western Front, in hospitals, and through their postwar lives. It also investigates the condition's origin and consequences within British culture.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 186-224) and index.
- ISBN:
- 033396926X
- OCLC:
- 49260652
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