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Broken men : shell shock, treatment and recovery in Britain, 1914-1930 /
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-shocke...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Continuum,
2010.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (214 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780826421036 0826421032 1441161449 9781441161444 1282590596 9781282590595 9786612590597 6612590599 |