Shell-shocked British Army veterans in Ireland, 1918-39: A difficult homecoming
With a focus on mental illness, Shell-shocked British Army veterans in Ireland provides the first in-depth investigation of disabled Great War veterans in Ireland. The book is a result of five years of researching previously untouched archival sources including psychiatric records of former patients otherwise closed to the public. The remit of the work contributes to various historiographical fields including disability history, the social history of medicine, the cultural history of modern war, the history of psychiatry and Irish studies. It also seeks to extend the scope of the First World War with an emphasis on how war-induced disability and trauma continued to affect large numbers of ex-servicemen beyond the official cessation of the conflict.
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Shell-shocked British Army veterans in Ireland, 1918-39: A difficult homecoming
With a focus on mental illness, Shell-shocked British Army veterans in Ireland provides the first in-depth investigation of disabled Great War veterans in Ireland. The book is a result of five years of researching previously untouched archival sources including psychiatric records of former patients otherwise closed to the public. The remit of the work contributes to various historiographical fields including disability history, the social history of medicine, the cultural history of modern war, the history of psychiatry and Irish studies. It also seeks to extend the scope of the First World War with an emphasis on how war-induced disability and trauma continued to affect large numbers of ex-servicemen beyond the official cessation of the conflict.
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Shell-shocked British Army veterans in Ireland, 1918-39: A difficult homecoming

Shell-shocked British Army veterans in Ireland, 1918-39: A difficult homecoming

Shell-shocked British Army veterans in Ireland, 1918-39: A difficult homecoming

Shell-shocked British Army veterans in Ireland, 1918-39: A difficult homecoming

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With a focus on mental illness, Shell-shocked British Army veterans in Ireland provides the first in-depth investigation of disabled Great War veterans in Ireland. The book is a result of five years of researching previously untouched archival sources including psychiatric records of former patients otherwise closed to the public. The remit of the work contributes to various historiographical fields including disability history, the social history of medicine, the cultural history of modern war, the history of psychiatry and Irish studies. It also seeks to extend the scope of the First World War with an emphasis on how war-induced disability and trauma continued to affect large numbers of ex-servicemen beyond the official cessation of the conflict.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781526140074
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Publication date: 04/08/2020
Series: Disability History
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 272
File size: 2 MB

About the Author

Michael Robinson is a Leverhulme Post-Doctoral Researcher at the University of Liverpool

Table of Contents

Introduction 1 ‘A Definitive Neurasthenic Temperament’?: The Irish Tommy and Veteran 2 Neurasthenic Pensioners in Revolutionary Ireland, 1918-1921 3 Neurasthenic Pensioners in the Irish Free State and Northern Ireland, 1922-1939 4 The War Hospital in Ireland 5 The Service Patient Scheme in Ireland Conclusion Bibliography Index
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