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 …

Emotion plays a vital role in any rounded history of warfare, both as an element in morale
and as component in understanding the soldier's experience. Theories on the functioning of …

Since the 1980s, numerous historical studies have provided a complex picture of the
relationship between families and psychiatric institutions. Historians of shell-shock have …

Despite the interest in shell shock and disability history, the plight of the mentally afflicted
veteran after the armistice and into the interwar years has only recently started to be studied …

This article builds upon the recent historiography of the First World War to illuminate three
aspects of the war. As a case study, it uses the papers of Major Reggie Chenevix Trench, a …

Though the debate surrounding the extent to which pessimism dominated in the late nine-
teenth century asylum is extensive, the same debate in the twentieth century remains un-der …

Soldiers fight not only with and against machines, but also with and against their ideas of
those machines. Although the design and deployment of First World War tanks have been …

This thesis analyzes how Anglo-American queer novelist Christopher Isherwood presents
and interacts with ritualistic practices in three of his books: The Memorial: A Portrait of a …

Abstract On 7 November, 2006, the British government announced that it would issue
pardons to the 306 British soldiers executed for military offences during the First World War …

Marching in the Gettysburg Liberty Parade in May 1918 was a drum corps consisting entirely
of Civil War veterans. 1 As local citizens demonstrated their patriotism—notably with the …