Shell shock : traumatic neurosis and the British soldiers of the First World War / Peter Leese.
Shell shock : traumatic neurosis and the British soldiers of the First World War / Peter Leese.
Shell shock : traumatic neurosis and the British soldiers of the First World War / Peter Leese.
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New York : Palgrave, c2002.
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N616.85212/7
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English
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xi, 229 p. ; 22 cm.
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1. Introduction -- Pt. I. Discoveries -- 2. Shocking Modernity: Hysteria, Technology and Warfare -- 3. Casualties: On the Western Front -- Pt. II. Wartime -- 4. Enlistment: Army Policy, Politics and the Press -- 5. Treatment: On the Home Front -- 6. Patients: The Other Ranks -- 7. Patients: The Offi...
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New York : Palgrave, c2002.
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New York (State)
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c2002.
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"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 stigmatizing and life-changing. This first full-length study of the British shell-shocked soldiers of the Great War combines social and medical history to investigate the experienc...
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Shell shock : traumatic neurosis and the British soldiers of the First World War / Peter Leese.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 186-224) and index.
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c2002.
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N616.85212/7
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033396926X :
033396926X (cloth)
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616.852120094109041
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991016382849702626
