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Nerven, Krieg und militärische Führung: Psychisch erkrankte Offiziere in Deutschland (1890-1939)

Nerves, war and military leadership: psychologically ill officers in Germany (1890-1939)
[habilitation treatise]

Gahlen, Gundula

Abstract

Welche Anforderungen stellten Militär, Medizin, Politik und Gesellschaft an die nervliche Belastbarkeit von Offizieren im Krieg in Deutschland zwischen 1890 und 1939? Wie gingen sie mit psychisch erkrankten Offizieren um? Wie nahmen die Betroffenen selbst ihre Erkrankungen wahr? Und welche Auswirkun... view more

Welche Anforderungen stellten Militär, Medizin, Politik und Gesellschaft an die nervliche Belastbarkeit von Offizieren im Krieg in Deutschland zwischen 1890 und 1939? Wie gingen sie mit psychisch erkrankten Offizieren um? Wie nahmen die Betroffenen selbst ihre Erkrankungen wahr? Und welche Auswirkungen hatten diese auf ihr Selbstbild und ihre Lebensläufe? Die Autorin untersucht diese Fragen vom Kaiserreich über die Weimarer Republik bis zur NS-Zeit. Ihre Studie füllt eine Lücke, da sich die bisherige Forschung zu kriegsbedingten psychischen Erkrankungen vor allem mit Mannschaftssoldaten beschäftigte, obwohl das Offizierskorps zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts in Deutschland eine herausgehobene Herrschafts- und Werteelite war und zeitgenössische Leitvorstellungen von Willensstärke und Männlichkeit verkörperte.... view less


What demands did the military, medicine, politics, and society make on the psychological resilience of officers in Germany between 1890 and 1939? How did they deal with officers suffering from mental illness? How did the officers themselves perceive their illnesses? And what impact did these have on... view more

What demands did the military, medicine, politics, and society make on the psychological resilience of officers in Germany between 1890 and 1939? How did they deal with officers suffering from mental illness? How did the officers themselves perceive their illnesses? And what impact did these have on their self-image and their lives? The author examines these questions from the German Empire through the Weimar Republic to the Nazi era. Her study fills a gap, as previous research on war-related mental illnesses has mainly dealt with enlisted soldiers, although the officer corps was a prominent ruling and value elite in Germany at the beginning of the 20th century and embodied contemporary guiding ideas of willpower and masculinity.... view less

Keywords
war; psychological consequences; commissioned officer; mental illness; trauma; psychological stress; German Empire; military; First World War; psychiatric care; peace time; German Reich; Nazism

Classification
Social History, Historical Social Research

Document language
German

Publication Year
2022

Publisher
Campus Verlag

City
Frankfurt am Main

Page/Pages
852 p.

Series
Krieg und Konflikt, 17

DOI
https://doi.org/10.12907/978-3-593-44973-9

ISBN
978-3-593-44973-9

Status
Published Version; peer reviewed

Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution 4.0


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