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Shell Shock
by Holden, Wendy
- Used
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 075222199X
- ISBN 13
- 9780752221991
- Seller
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ELY, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Channel 4. Very Good/Very Good. 1998. Hard Cover. 8vo 075222199x Dust jacket complete unclipped. Black cloth with bright gilt titling on spine. No ownership marks. Illustrated with photographs on plates.192 pages clean and tight. The terrible physical effects of sending men into battle have always been self-evident, but only in modern times have the psychological effects been examined. Killing, watching friends die, leading soldiers to their deaths - all have a profound effect on those involved in the front line of war. There is a limit to what a soldier can endure before he becomes the victim of shell shock, battle fatigue, PTSD, or whatever terminology is in vogue. In this book, linked to a Channel 4 television series, individual soldiers tell their own stories of horrors to which they have been exposed, and of events that pushed them to the brink of human endurance. The author also relates the history of military psychiatry and the scientists who have to balance the demands of the army to "cure" soldiers and return them to battle with the demands of the soldiers themselves, struggling to understand their condition. .
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- Bookseller
- CHARLES BOSSOM (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 145777
- Title
- Shell Shock
- Author
- Holden, Wendy
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good/Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 075222199X
- ISBN 13
- 9780752221991
- Publisher
- Channel 4
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1998
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About the Seller
CHARLES BOSSOM
Biblio member since 2010
ELY, Cambridgeshire
About CHARLES BOSSOM
Charles Bossom has worked in the Book Trade since 1963, commencing at WH Smith Oxford and retiring in 1999 as Regional Manager Central England. The Charles Bossom bookselling business was started in early 2000. We offer a changing selection of old and out-of-print books in a wide range of subjects. We frequently add new items to our stock so visit us regularly.
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- Gilt
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....