'His nerves gave way': Shell shock, history and the memory of the First World War in Britain

Fiona Reid*

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    During the First World War soldiers suffered from a wide range of debilitating nervous complaints as a result of the stresses and strains of modern warfare. These complaints - widely known as shell shock - were the subject of much medical-military debate during the war and became emblematic of the war and its sufferings afterwards. One hundred years after the war the diagnosis of PTSD has not resolved the issues initially raised by First World War shell shock. The stigma of mental illness remains strong and it is still difficult to commemorate and remember the mental wounds of war in a culture which tend to glory or glamorise military heroes.

    Iaith wreiddiolSaesneg
    Tudalennau (o-i)91-100
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    Cyfrol38
    Rhif cyhoeddi2
    Dynodwyr Gwrthrych Digidol (DOIs)
    StatwsCyhoeddwyd - 13 Meh 2014

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    Gweld gwybodaeth am bynciau ymchwil ''His nerves gave way': Shell shock, history and the memory of the First World War in Britain'. Gyda’i gilydd, maen nhw’n ffurfio ôl bys unigryw.

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