Buy this book on-line CHARMAN, TERRY: : The FIRST WORLD WAR on the HOME FRONTLONDON.ANDRE DEUTSCH/in Association with IMPERIAL WAR MSEUMS.2014. ISBN 9780233004297.
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The author is a Senior Historian at the Imperial War Museums.
"YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU!" was the poster slogan that shouted out to the people of Britain during the First World War.As men of all ages responded to the call by joining the forces and leaving their homes and jobs,so those left behind were forced to step up and take their place.Food shortages,rationing,the first 'Blitz' and the appearance of women in the workplace all became familiar.
Drawing on the archives of Imperial War Museums,author Terry Charman presents a lively and evocative portrait of life on the Home Front in the first World War.Filled with absorbing first-hand accounts newly researched from diaries,letters and newspaper reports,his book reveals in vivid and immensely personal detail how life changed in Britain between 1914 and 1918.
From the draconian effects of DORA (Defence of the Realm Act) and the threat of Zeppelin raids, to government propaganda and the power of the press,'The First World War on the Home Front' recalls how the people of Britain not only confronted the direct threats to their country but also prepared for the fact that life would never be the same again.
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