A WAR OF NERVES (Book Review)

SOLDIERS AND PSYCHIATRISTS IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURYHarvard, $27.95

Serious students of military psychiatry will enjoy many hours reading Ben Shepard's A War of Nerves. A specialist in the history of psychiatry, Shepard offers nearly 400 pages of details about every aspect of military psychiatry, from the shell shock of World War I to the post-traumatic stress disorder of the Gulf War. Although it may be read by both layman and scholar, Shepard's encyclopedic approach will appeal only to those dedicated to the subject.