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Alcohol, drugs and lucky charms
Dr Fiona Reid explores the ways soldiers have dealt with the demands of conflict throughout the history of the army.
Napoleon’s troops took hashish in Egypt. Soldiers of the Crimean War became addicted to opiates. And in the First World War the British army re-introduced the rum ration.
Throughout the 20th century, European and American fighting troops also smoked heavily and sometimes used more benign ways of coping with wartime stress, such as carrying cards, lucky charms and amulets.
11.30am. FREE. Booking recommended.
National Army Museum, Royal Hospital Rd, Chelsea, London SW3 4HT
Fri 15 Sep 2017
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