Breakdown : the crisis of shell shock on the Somme, 1916 / Taylor Downing.

Collection type	Library
Author	Downing, Taylor, author.;
Call Number	940.4272 D751b
Document type	Monograph
Year	2016. 2016. 016.
Pagination	viii, 399 pages, 8 unnumberd pages of plates : Illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm.
Publisher	Little, brown, Little, Brown,
Note	DEF. Includes bibliographical references and index. 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.
Place made	London : London :

Abstract

Machine generated contents note: 1.The Pals Battalions -- 2.Training a Citizen Army -- 3.The Shell Shock Enigma -- 4.The Big Push -- 5.Epidemic -- 6.`No More'' -- 7.Attrition -- 8.Yard by Yard -- From Pozieres to the Ancre -- 9.Rough Justice -- 10.Laborato ry of the Mind -- 11.The Ghosts of War.