Ben Shephard was a producer on World at War and The Nuclear Age and has made numerous documentaries for the BBC and Channel Four. He is the author of the critically acclaimed War of Nerves: Soldiers and Psychiatrists, 1914–1994, After Daybreak: The Liberation of Belsen, 1945 and The Long Road Home: The Aftermath of the Second World War (Bodley Head, 2010). He lives in Bristol.

"Arrestingly original and beautifully written" -- John Gray Literary Review "Studious and fascinating... A smart, enjoyable book" -- Doug Johnstone Big Issue "Fascinating and instructive... This is an excellent and subtle book - part biography, part intellectual history - that tells us about the difficulties of trying to understand ourselves" -- Henry Marsh The Times "A rich and stimulating account of the first truly modern attempt to understand the mysteries of the mind" -- Orlando Bird Financial Times "The book gives a powerful sense of human science being forged" -- Charlotte Sleigh BBC History Magazine

Ben Shephard was a producer on World at War and The Nuclear Age and has made numerous documentaries for the BBC and Channel Four. He is the author of the critically acclaimed War of Nerves: Soldiers and Psychiatrists, 1914–1994, After Daybreak: The Liberation of Belsen, 1945 and The Long Road Home: The Aftermath of the Second World War (Bodley Head, 2010). He lives in Bristol.

"Arrestingly original and beautifully written" -- John Gray Literary Review "Studious and fascinating... A smart, enjoyable book" -- Doug Johnstone Big Issue "Fascinating and instructive... This is an excellent and subtle book - part biography, part intellectual history - that tells us about the difficulties of trying to understand ourselves" -- Henry Marsh The Times "A rich and stimulating account of the first truly modern attempt to understand the mysteries of the mind" -- Orlando Bird Financial Times "The book gives a powerful sense of human science being forged" -- Charlotte Sleigh BBC History Magazine

Ben Shephard was a producer on World at War and The Nuclear Age and has made numerous documentaries for the BBC and Channel Four. He is the author of the critically acclaimed War of Nerves: Soldiers and Psychiatrists, 1914–1994, After Daybreak: The Liberation of Belsen, 1945 and The Long Road Home: The Aftermath of the Second World War (Bodley Head, 2010). He lives in Bristol.

"Arrestingly original and beautifully written" -- John Gray Literary Review "Studious and fascinating... A smart, enjoyable book" -- Doug Johnstone Big Issue "Fascinating and instructive... This is an excellent and subtle book - part biography, part intellectual history - that tells us about the difficulties of trying to understand ourselves" -- Henry Marsh The Times "A rich and stimulating account of the first truly modern attempt to understand the mysteries of the mind" -- Orlando Bird Financial Times "The book gives a powerful sense of human science being forged" -- Charlotte Sleigh BBC History Magazine