Healing the nation

Informationen zum Autor Jeffrey S. Reznick is an Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Modern History of the University of Birmingham, a member of Birmingham's Centre for First World War Studies and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. S. Reznick is Executive Director and Senior Research Fellow of the Orthotic and Prosthetic Assistance Fund. A native of Rochester, New York, he received his undergraduate education at the University of Rochester. Klappentext This study of caregiving during WW I looks anew at life behind the lines for ordinary British soldiers who served on the Western front. Using a variety of literary, artistic, and architectural evidence, Dr Reznick shows that Britain's 'generation of 1914' was a group bound as much by comradeship of healing as by comradeship of the trenches. Zusammenfassung This study of caregiving during WW I looks anew at life behind the lines for ordinary British soldiers who served on the Western front. Using a variety of literary, artistic, and architectural evidence, Dr Reznick shows that Britainâ™s âgeneration of 1914â™ was a group bound as much by comradeship of healing as by comradeship of the trenches. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis List of figuresPreface1. Soldiers and the culture of caregiving in Britain during the Great War2. Homes away from home: Rest huts and war-weary soldiers3. Havens for heroes: Life in two military hospitals4. Hospital magazines: Writing about wartime recovery/recovering writing about wartime5. Wartime convalescence: The case of the convalescent blues6. Reclaiming the maimed at Shepherd's Bush Military Hospital, London7. Conclusion: Memories, legacies and landmarksSelect bibliographyIndex

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This study of caregiving during WW I looks anew at life behind the lines for ordinary British soldiers who served on the Western front. Using a variety of literary, artistic, and architectural evidence, Dr Reznick shows that Britain's 'generation of 1914' was a group bound as much by comradeship of healing as by comradeship of the trenches.

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List of figures Preface 1. Soldiers and the culture of caregiving in Britain during the Great War 2. Homes away from home: Rest huts and war-weary soldiers 3. Havens for heroes: Life in two military hospitals 4. Hospital magazines: Writing about wartime recovery/recovering writing about wartime 5. Wartime convalescence: The case of the convalescent blues 6. Reclaiming the maimed at Shepherd's Bush Military Hospital, London 7. Conclusion: Memories, legacies and landmarks Select bibliography Index