| A Weary Road: Shell Shock in the Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1914-1918 Contributor(s): Humphries, Mark Osborne (Author) |
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ISBN: 1442644710 ISBN-13: 9781442644717 Publisher: University of Toronto Press OUR PRICE: $51.30 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Canada - General - History | Military - World War I - History | Military - Canada |
| LCCN: 2018420596 |
| Physical Information: 1.3" H x 6.6" W x 9.2" (1.90 lbs) 504 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Canadian - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: More than 16,000 Canadian soldiers suffered from shell shock during the Great War of 1914 to 1918. Despite significant interest from historians, we still know relatively little about how it was experienced, diagnosed, treated, and managed in the frontline trenches in the Canadian and British forces. How did soldiers relate to suffering comrades? Did large numbers of shell shock cases affect the outcome of important battles? Was frontline psychiatric treatment as effective as many experts claimed after the war? Were Canadians treated any differently than other Commonwealth soldiers? A Weary Road is the first comprehensive study to address these important questions. Author Mark Osborne Humphries uses research from Canadian, British, and Australian archives, including hundreds of newly available hospital records and patient medical files, to provide a history of war trauma as it was experienced, treated, and managed by ordinary soldiers. |
Contributor Bio(s): Humphries, Mark Osborne: - Mark Osborne Humphries is the Dunkley Chair in War and the Canadian Experience, Director of the Laurier Centre for Military Strategic and Disarmament Studies (LCMSDS) and an Associate Professor in the Department of History at Wilfrid Laurier University. |
