All but Me and Thee; Psychiatry at the Foxhole Level
Washington DC: Infantry Journal Press, 1946. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Hardcover. 215, [1] pages. DJ is worn, torn, soiled, and chipped and is in a plastic sleeve. Elliott Duncan Cooke (August 15, 1891 - February 18, 1961) was a Brigadier-General in the U.S. Army during World War I and II. He became an expert machine gunner and participated in the Madeira Revolution. He was operating a machine gun for the United Fruit Company in South America when World War I broke out. He subsequently enlisted for the U.S. Army in Panama and was appointed Corporal in 1915. He rose through the ranks to become 1st Lt. in 1916 and accepted a commission as 2nd Lt. upon arrival in France in 1917. He was wounded at Vierzy, the Soissons offensive on July 18, 1918. Cited for bravery five times, Cooke was promoted to Lieut.-Colonel in 1940 and rose through the ranks to become Brig.-General in 1943. He served as Assistant Inspector-General in the 9th Corps Area from 1939-1941, and as Chief of Overseas Inspection Division with the Office of the Inspector-General from 1942-1946. Brig.-Gen. Cooke retired from active duty in 1950. He was decorated with the French Legion of Honor, the Croix de Guerre, the DSM, Silver Star w/OL Legion of Merit, Legion of Honor, Purple Heart, WW1 Victory Medal 2/4 bronze battle clasps and Defensive Sector clasp, WW2 Victory Medal, Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal, and the Distinguished Service Medal. In All But Me and Thee; Psychiatry at the Foxhole Level, which was first published in 1946, Brigadier-General Elliott D. Cooke takes a look at psychoneurosis in the armed forces, and presents conclusions in a highly readable fashion. With a pleasantly informal and light approach, Brigadier-General Cooke presents the report of a non-medical line officer on the results of tracking down the problem of disability discharges. He and his associates followed the threads from commanders and units, to processing centers, hospitals, to overseas procedure in the individual cases; they talked with old psychiatrists and new, heard opinions, and made their final recommendations to General Marshall and presented their findings at a conference. All But Me and Thee examines the beefs of the men and the officers; of the Medical Corps against bearing the brunt of washing dirty linen for the line; knowledge of the distinction between forms of mental disabilities, from pre-Army predisposition to actual collapse; the change in the military attitude; and the differentiation from riding the sick to real casualties. “An interesting handling of the subject.”—Kirkus Review. Condition: Good / Fair.
Keywords: Military Psychiatry, Psychoneurosis, Medical Disability, Medical Corps, Battle Fatigue, Military Training, Medical Discharge, Medical Treatment, Diagnosis, Prognosis
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