Jason Crouthamel is Assistant Professor of History at Grand Valley State University, Michigan. He has published several articles on war neurosis and psychological trauma in inter-war Germany and has presented papers on the subject at conferences including those of the American Historical Association, the German Studies Association and the German Historical Institute. Author’s note on pronunciation of his name – ‘Kraut-hamill’

• ContentsAcknowledgementsIntrodcution1 Healing the Nation's Nerves: Imperial Germany at War2 The War Neurotics Return Home: Psychologically Disabled Veterans and Post-War Society, 1918-19203 Neurosis and the Welfare State: The Rise and Fall of the National Pension Law of 19204 'The Class Struggle Pyschosis': Working-Class Politics and Psychological Trauma5 National Socialism and its Discontenst: War Neurosis and Memory under Hitler6 Nazi Germany's Hidden Psychopaths: Case Studies of Mentally Disabled Veterans in the Third ReichConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex

The book is deeply researched and rich in content, detail and interpretation. It is also the most outstanding example of how the memory of the First World War was not only an aesthetic or political issue but also a high-stakes debate over welfare fought out in pension and doctors’ offices over the care of psychologically traumatized veterans.

Jason Crouthamel is Assistant Professor of History at Grand Valley State University, Michigan. He has published several articles on war neurosis and psychological trauma in inter-war Germany and has presented papers on the subject at conferences including those of the American Historical Association, the German Studies Association and the German Historical Institute. Author’s note on pronunciation of his name – ‘Kraut-hamill’

• ContentsAcknowledgementsIntrodcution1 Healing the Nation's Nerves: Imperial Germany at War2 The War Neurotics Return Home: Psychologically Disabled Veterans and Post-War Society, 1918-19203 Neurosis and the Welfare State: The Rise and Fall of the National Pension Law of 19204 'The Class Struggle Pyschosis': Working-Class Politics and Psychological Trauma5 National Socialism and its Discontenst: War Neurosis and Memory under Hitler6 Nazi Germany's Hidden Psychopaths: Case Studies of Mentally Disabled Veterans in the Third ReichConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex

The book is deeply researched and rich in content, detail and interpretation. It is also the most outstanding example of how the memory of the First World War was not only an aesthetic or political issue but also a high-stakes debate over welfare fought out in pension and doctors’ offices over the care of psychologically traumatized veterans.

Jason Crouthamel is Assistant Professor of History at Grand Valley State University, Michigan. He has published several articles on war neurosis and psychological trauma in inter-war Germany and has presented papers on the subject at conferences including those of the American Historical Association, the German Studies Association and the German Historical Institute. Author’s note on pronunciation of his name – ‘Kraut-hamill’

• ContentsAcknowledgementsIntrodcution1 Healing the Nation's Nerves: Imperial Germany at War2 The War Neurotics Return Home: Psychologically Disabled Veterans and Post-War Society, 1918-19203 Neurosis and the Welfare State: The Rise and Fall of the National Pension Law of 19204 'The Class Struggle Pyschosis': Working-Class Politics and Psychological Trauma5 National Socialism and its Discontenst: War Neurosis and Memory under Hitler6 Nazi Germany's Hidden Psychopaths: Case Studies of Mentally Disabled Veterans in the Third ReichConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex

The book is deeply researched and rich in content, detail and interpretation. It is also the most outstanding example of how the memory of the First World War was not only an aesthetic or political issue but also a high-stakes debate over welfare fought out in pension and doctors’ offices over the care of psychologically traumatized veterans.