Forgotten Lunatics of the Great War
Although the shell-shocked British soldier of World War I has been a favored subject in both fiction and nonfiction, focus has been on the stories of officers, and the history of the rank-and-file servicemen who were psychiatric casualties has never been told. This profoundly moving book recounts the poignant, sometimes ribald histories of this neglected group for the first time. Peter Barham draws on reports from the front lines, case histories, personal letters, and war pensions files to trace the lives and fortunes of a large cast of ex-servicemen who suffered mental breakdowns. He describes their confinements to asylums, the reactions of…
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- ISBN: 978-0-300-12511-5
- EAN: 9780300125115
- Produktnummer: 23296299
- Verlag: Yale University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
- Seitenangabe: 464 S.
- Masse: H23.3 cm x B15.6 cm x D2.7 cm 622 g
- Gewicht: 622
- Sonstiges: Professional & Vocational
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