They called it shell shock : combat stress in the First World War / Stefanie Linden.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Linden, Stefanie, author.

Contributor:

Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

Series:

Wolverhampton military studies ; no. 24.

Wolverhampton military studies ; no. 24

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

War neuroses--Great Britain--History--20th century.

War neuroses.

War neuroses--Germany--History--20th century.

Soldiers--Mental health--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Soldiers.

Soldiers--Mental health--Germany--History--20th century.

World War, 1914-1918--Psychological aspects.

World War, 1914-1918.

Psychological aspects.

Combat Disorders--history.

Soldiers--Mental health.

History.

Germany.

Great Britain.

Medical Subjects:

Combat Disorders--history.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

269 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Solihull, West Midlands, England : Helion & Company Limited, 2016.

Contents:

1 A Red-Letter Day for Professor Charcot 19

2 Shell Shock on Both Sides of the Trenches 34

3 From the Fields of Flanders to the Temple of Neurology 41

4 What Major Mott made of Shell Shock 71

5 Neuve Chapelle and Hill 60 83

6 20 May 1917: One Day on the Shell Shock Ward 105

7 The Mental World of Terror 120

8 Dream Worlds 136

9 The Ultimate Way Out: Suicide in the Trenches 146

10 Desertion 158

11 Madness on the Streets of London and Berlin 177

12 Believe Me, He Will Be Cured 191

13 The Obsession with the Shell 217

14 Shell Shock and PTSD: The Debates Go On 232.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9781911096351

1911096354

OCLC:

949871229

Publisher Number:

99970426882