Treating the trauma of the Great War : soldiers, civilians, and psychiatry in France, 1914-1940 /
From the outset of World War I, French doctors faced an apparent epidemic of puzzling neurological and psychiatric illnesses among soldiers. As they attempted to understand the causes of these illnesses, doctors organized specialized centers near the front, where they submitted soldiers to swift, hu...
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Language: | English |
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Baton Rouge :
Louisiana State University Press,
©2009.
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Online Access: | CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- Trauma in the trenches
- Surviving the home front
- The politics of change
- Les morts vivants
- Opening doors for a traumatized nation.