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A “fascinating” look at hardship, heroism, and civilian life in England during the Great War (World War One Illustrated). The truth about the sacrifice and suffering among British civilians during World War I is rarely discussed. In this book, people who were there speak about experiences and events that have remained buried for decades. Their testimony shows the same candor and courage we have become accustomed to hearing from military veterans of this war. Those interviewed include a survivor of a Zeppelin raid in 1915; a Welsh munitions worker recruited as a girl; and a woman rescued from a bombed school after five days. There are also accounts of rural famine, bereavement, and the effects on families back home—and even the story of a woman who planned to kill her family to save them further suffering.
Home defense; threat of war; bombings; nuclear fall-out. The way it was: a selection from daily life during World War II.
Tells of the Amerian efforts to provide equipment for World War II and tells of the situation in America at the time.
Many books have looked at the effect of the war on the Home Front, but this is the first book to take a glimpse at the Home Front photographically from an international point of view, covering both Allied and enemy countries, juxtaposing the same situations in different countries to show a similar response. This second volume chronicles the changes brought on by just a few months of war: spies, increased casualties, food shortages, changes in work patterns, the shortage of men in the work force, women at work and at the end of the year the slow rush in Britain to volunteer for the army, hoping to not be called for service. It also looks at the Home Front for those caught behind enemy lines where life was both spartan, potentially dangerous and subject to the whim of the victor. The photographs, many of which have not been seen before and some which have never been published, clearly show that each year of war had a further profound effect on each nation. This unique series of international photographic books fits in with the author's more textual books on the Home Front: Hull in the Great War and Reading in the Great War, both of which explore the complex life of a city at war.
What really happened on the Australian home front during the Second World War? For the people of Melbourne these were years of social dislocation and increased government interference in all aspects of daily life. On the Home Front is the story of their work, leisure, relationships and their fears—for by 1942 the city was pitted with air raid trenches, and in the half-light of the brownout Melburnians awaited a Japanese invasion. As women left the home to replace men in factories and offices, the traditional roles of mothers and wives were challenged. The presence of thousands of American soldiers in Melbourne raised new questions about Australian nationalism and identity, and the 'carnival spirit' of many on the home front created anxiety about the issues of drunkenness, gambling and sexuality. Kate Darian-Smith's classic and evocative study of Melbourne in wartime draws upon the memories of men and women who lived through those turbulent years when society grappled with the tensions between a restrictive government and new opportunities for social and sexual freedoms.
Describes life during the Revoultionary War, discussing farms, plantations, city life; the roles played by women, children, slaves, and Native Americans; and daily life during the wars between the colonies and Great Britain.
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"Contents" -- "Introduction" -- "Yellow Ribbons (Nancy McAllister)" -- "In One of the Stars I Shall Be Living (Melanie Murray)" -- "We Are (a Military) Family (Kelly Thompson)" -- "Falling for a Soldier: The Battle Lines of a Love Triangle (Shaun Hunter)" -- "Coming Home to a New World (Ryan Flavelle)" -- "Snapshots: Life, Peace and Coffee on the Home Front (Ellen Kelly)" -- "The Reservist (Barb Howard)" -- "Hostage to Fate (Michael Hornburg)" -- "Reconstruction Tour (Scott Waters)" -- "Finding My Way Backto Some Kind of Normal (Jill Kruse)" -- "The Perils of War and Mother–Son Relationships (Joan Dixon)" -- "Embed (S.M. Steele)" -- "Terribly Beautiful: Remembrance and Remembering (Kari Strutt)" -- "Playing Ball: Random Notes From Behind the Front Lines of the Pax Americana (Chris Turner)" -- "Acknowledgements.