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IWM War on the Home Front: Experience Life in Britain During the Second World War (Imperil War Museum) (Imperial War Museum)

IWM War on the Home Front: Experience Life in Britain During the Second World War (Imperil War Museum) (Imperial War Museum)

by JulietGardiner (Author)

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    Hardcover 2012

    $4.21
Synopsis

War on the Home Front takes you through the many facets of wartime Britain: from the Phoney War to the devastation of the Blitz; from the Home Guard and the Land Girls to the invasion of the Channel Islands and from evacuation and rationing to code-breaking and the eventual victory celebrations. With 100 illustrations and 10 removable documents, it offers a unique perspective of the era.

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More Information

Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 64
 Publisher: Carlton Books Ltd
Published: 10 May 2012
ISBN 10: 1780971427
ISBN 13: 9781780971421

Media Reviews

This fascinating book...bears eloquent testimony to people's interest in how life was actually lived during the war - Britain at War magazine

Life during the Second World War for those left behind is vividly evoked in Juliet Gardiner's new book War On The Home Front - Choice magazine

The book, which is endorsed by the imperial War Museum is not only well-written and informative but boasts photographs and memorabilia from the museum's archives - Choice magazine

Author Bio
Juliet Gardiner is an historian and broadcaster and has taught at the University of London and Middlesex University. A former editor of History Today magazine, she is also the author of The Thirties: An Intimate History of Britain, The Blitz: The British Under Attack, Wartime: Britain 1939-1945, Over Here : GIs in Britain, 1942-5, The Children's War and The Animals' War. She was historical consultant for Channel Four's series The 1940s House and wrote the accompanying bestselling book. Juliet also wrote the book that accompanied Channel Four's series, The Edwardian Country House.