What did home mean to British soldiers and how did it help them to
cope with the psychological strains of the Great War? Family
relationships lie at the heart of this book. It explores the
contribution letters and parcels from home played in maintaining
the morale of this largely young, amateur army. And it shows how
soldiers, in their turn, sought to adapt domestic habits to the
trenches. Pursuing the unconscious clues within a rich collection
of letters and memoirs with the help of psychoanalytical ideas,
including those formulated by the veteran tank commander Wilfred
Bion, this study asks fundamental questions about the psychological
resources of this generation of young men. It reveals how the
extremities of battle exposed the deepest emotional ties of
childhood, and went on marking the post-war domestic lives of those
who returned. -- .
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