Shell Shock - by P Leese (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Who were the shell shocked soldiers of the First World War? How did the warfare they experienced, the military discipline they often endured, the medical treatment they encountered shape their post-war lives? Peter Leese's Shell Shock, now published for the first time in paperback, narrates their stories to demonstrate the wider implications of shell shock. In its origins, shell shock in the Great War tells us about the new industrial technologies and mentalities of modernity. In its after-life, shell shock helps us understand the histories of violence, trauma and memory through the twentieth and into the twenty-first century.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>'One of the crucial and most moving episodes of twentieth century British history has now found its worthy historian. Peter Leese writes the story of shell shock with expertise and flair, with critical detachment and compassion. Avoiding judgementalism, he brings out the full enormity of this tragic story.' - Professor Roy Porter, Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine</p> <p>'The book fills a glaring gap in our historical knowledge.' - Mark Micale, Associate Professor of History, University of Illinois</p> <p>'Shell shock was born as a condition in 1915 but has grown to become a metaphor for the horrors of total war. Leese tells the story of that evolution with learning, sympathy and a shrewd sense of the way medical history can illuminate our understanding of the violent twentieth-century as a whole.' - Professor Jay Winter, Department of History, Yale University</p> <p>'...a powerful and authoritative study of the war's mental legacy.' - Ben Shephard, Times Literary Supplement</p> <p>'Those willing to pay attention, however, will be rewarded by this first full-length treatment of Britain's 'shell-shock' experience.' - Maureen T. Moore, Journal of Military History</p> <p>'...an interesting contribution both to medical history and to the continuing debate about...WWI. - T.L. Crosby, Choice</p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>PETER LEESE is Senior Lecturer in Social and Cultural History at the Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland.
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