The Western Front Experience as Interpreted Through Literature

From: RUSI Journal | Date: December 1, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

Introduction

The Western Front of 1914-18 looms in the British national memory as a uniquely appalling experience. Thus it is hardly surprising that there were many cases of what was called at the time 'shell-shock' - or, as we would say today, post-traumatic stress disorder. It likewise hardly surprises us that the theory and practice of psychiatric treatment of 'shell-shock' made remarkable progress during the Great War. This was the beginning of our modern understanding that mental breakdown under extreme pressure is neither'cowardice' nor 'malingering', but an incapacitating wound. It was ...

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