Breakdown: The Crisis of Shell Shock on the Somme

by Taylor Downing

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0349141010
• ISBN13: 9780349141015
• Release Date: November 2017
• Publisher: Abacus (UK)
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.0" x 7.7"