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Diagnosing Churchill : bipolar or "prey to nerves"? / Wilfred Attenborough.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Attenborough, Wilfred, 1943- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965--Mental healtn.
- Churchill, Winston.
- Prime ministers--Great Britain--Biography.
- Prime ministers.
- Great Britain--Politics and government--20th century.
- Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (276 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2019]
- Summary:
- The posthumous diagnosis of Winston Churchill as manic-depressive has been drawn entirely from biographical information, which, though significant to understanding his life and mind, has often been misused or misunderstood. This book investigates how such materials have been interpreted (and misinterpreted) in relation to Churchill's mental health, taking a particularly close look at his association with nerves or "neurasthenia." Included are appendices on Churchill's remedies for worry and mental overstrain and an investigation of his mental state after losing the 1945 general election.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4766-3543-9
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