A Weary Road: Shell Shock in the Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1914-1918

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 was experienced, diagnosed, treated, and managed in the frontline trenches in the Canadian and British forces.

How did soldiers relate to suffering comrades? Did large numbers of shell shock cases affect the outcome of important battles? Was frontline psychiatric treatment as effective as many experts claimed after the war? Were Canadians treated any differently than other Commonwealth soldiers? A Weary Road is the first comprehensive study to address these important questions. Author Mark Osborne Humphries uses research from Canadian, British, and Australian archives, including hundreds of newly available hospital records and patient medical files, to provide a history of war trauma as it was experienced, treated, and managed by ordinary soldiers.

Author: Mark Osborne Humphries
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 10/12/2018
Pages: 504
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.90lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.60w x 1.30d
ISBN: 9781442644717

Review Citation(s):
Choice 06/01/2019

About the Author
Humphries, Mark Osborne: - Mark Osborne Humphries is the Dunkley Chair in War and the Canadian Experience, Director of the Laurier Centre for Military Strategic and Disarmament Studies (LCMSDS), and an Associate Professor in the Department of History at Wilfrid Laurier University.

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