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Broken men : shell shock, treatment and recovery in Britain, 1914-1930 / Fiona Reid.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Reid, Fiona, 1933-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- War neuroses--Great Britain--History--20th century.
- War neuroses.
- World War, 1914-1918--Medical care--Great Britain.
- World War, 1914-1918.
- World War, 1914-1918--Veterans--Mental health--Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (229 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Continuum, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book offers a genuinely new insight into the lives of shell-shocked soldiers both during and after the Great War. Shell shock achieved a very high political profile in the years 1919-1922. Publications ranging from ""John Bull"" to the ""Morning Post"" insisted that shell-shocked men should be treated with respect, and the Minister for Health, announced in 1921 that the government was committed to protecting shell-shocked men from the stigma of lunacy. Yet at the same time, many mentally-wounded veterans were struggling with a pension system which was failing to give them the security tha
- Contents:
- Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Shell Shock and Weak Nerves; 2 Encountering Shell-Shocked Men; 3 Lest We Forget; 4 Lunatics and Lunacy Reform; 5 No Longer 'Nerve-Wracked Boys'; 6 Shell Shock and Veterans' Voices; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612590597
- 9781441161444
- 1441161449
- 9781282590595
- 1282590596
- 9780826421036
- 0826421032
- OCLC:
- 600096319
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