Guerre totale et troubles mentaux - article ; n°1 ; vol.55, pg 135-151

Annales. Histoire, Sciences Sociales - Année 2000 - Volume 55 - Numéro 1 - Pages 135-151
Total war and mental shocks BECKER The doctors who examined shell shocked patients during the Great War Izad quickly to loose the impression they were malingering But it was very difficult for them to reconstitute the mental itinerary of their patients to read them as narration about helpless men and women taken in the chaos of war On the contrary they accused heredity dégénérescence and German barbarity much more than the conditions of total war either at the front or in the prisoners camps for soldiers in occupied territories or civilians camps for the general population Social darwin ism was adapted to the intellectual struggle the fitted for brutality the Germans were totally prepared to try to destroy the French race Nevertheless the good race resisted and the traumatised the one who at certain point failed to keep up with war death etc. had to be hidden or desappear in oblivion
17 pages
Source : Persée ; Ministère de la jeunesse, de l’éducation nationale et de la recherche, Direction de l’enseignement supérieur, Sous-direction des bibliothèques et de la documentation.