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Dan Snow on shell shock

The popular historian discusses war trauma over the past century, the subject of his upcoming BBC Two documentary

Dan Snow on shell shock.

We speak to the popular historian Dan Snow about his upcoming BBC Two documentary, which explores the history of war trauma from the First World War onwards

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