Breakdown: The Crisis of Shell Shock on the Somme, 1916 by Taylor Downing

Breakdown: The Crisis of Shell Shock on the Somme, 1916

Taylor Downing

416 pages first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction history psychology informative medium-paced
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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 ...

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