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A psychoanalyst and warrior himself, Barrois, professeur agrégé at the Val de Grâce military hospital, head of the psychiatry department until 1988 and subsequently national mental hygiene consultant for the French Armed Forces at Paris X University, here gives a comprehensive account of the psychopathology of the warrior in war and peace.
The author examines the status and function of the warrior, as distinct from the soldier on active service or the hero, in regard to the dynamic aspects of his identity, which is made