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Breakdown: The Crisis of Shell Shock on the Somme
Taylor Downing
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Description for Breakdown: The Crisis of Shell Shock on the Somme
Paperback. One hundred years on from the Battle of the Somme, Breakdown tells the unusual and little-known story of shell shock in one of the bloodiest battles ever fought by the British army. Num Pages: 416 pages, section 8 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBWN; MMKB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 129 x 272 x 28. Weight in Grams: 340.
Paralysis. Stuttering. The 'shakes'. Inability to stand or walk. Temporary blindness or deafness. When strange symptoms like these began appearing in men at Casualty Clearing Stations in 1915, a debate began in army and medical circles as to what it was, what had caused it and what could be done to cure it. But the numbers were never large. Then in July 1916 with the start of the Somme battle the incidence of shell shock rocketed. The high command of the British army began to panic. An increasingly large number of men seemed to ... Read more
Paralysis. Stuttering. The 'shakes'. Inability to stand or walk. Temporary blindness or deafness. When strange symptoms like these began appearing in men at Casualty Clearing Stations in 1915, a debate began in army and medical circles as to what it was, what had caused it and what could be done to cure it. But the numbers were never large. Then in July 1916 with the start of the Somme battle the incidence of shell shock rocketed. The high command of the British army began to panic. An increasingly large number of men seemed to ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
339g
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780349141015
SKU
V9780349141015
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99-10
About Taylor Downing
Taylor Downing was educated at Cambridge University and is the author of The Cold War, Breakdown (about shell-shock in WWI) , and Churchill's War Lab. His books are 'vivid and fast-paced' (Financial Times).
Reviews for Breakdown: The Crisis of Shell Shock on the Somme
This vivid, compassionate account draws on harrowing first-person testimony to chronicle the sometimes humane, but more often cruel and uncaring, treatment of damaged men, both in wartime and its aftermath
Daily Mail
What is innovative about Downing's approach is the interleaving of the crisis of shell shock with the military history of the Somme. He tells ... Read more
Daily Mail
What is innovative about Downing's approach is the interleaving of the crisis of shell shock with the military history of the Somme. He tells ... Read more