Product Description

"Casualty Figures" is not about the millions who died in the First World War; it is about the countless thousands of men who lived as long-term casualties - not of shrapnel and gas, but of the bleak trauma of the slaughter they escaped. In this powerful new book, Michele Barrett uncovers the lives of five ordinary soldiers who endured the "war to end all wars," and how they dealt with its horrors, both at the front and after the war's end. Through their stories, Barrett sheds new light on the nature of the psychological damage of war, which for the first time became both widely acknowledged and profoundly misunderstood through the term "shell shock." Drawing on a wealth of previously unpublished material, "Casualty Figures" is a moving and original account of the psychological havoc caused by war.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #366534 in Books
• Published on: 2008-02-28
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 224 pages

Review
"Women's Oppression Today is a book which should be read." International "Women's Oppression Today provides provocative conclusions reached by a mature observer." Library Journal"

About the Author
MICHELE BARRETT is Professor of Modern Literary and Cultural Theory in the School of English and Drama, Queen Mary, University of London. She is the author, among other works, of Women's Oppression Today, The Anti-Social Family, and Politics of Diversity

Customer Reviews

Very poor
Strange this, because my previously objective, but negative, review had been removed. Not seen that before on Amazon.

In essence: this book is very poor, fails to address many of the expected topics, and reads too much like a dry academic text and makes some peculiar 'assumptions' about what modern people might 'expect' people felt nearly a century ago. I felt it a complete waste of effort by the author, and money by me!