The European Home Fronts 1939-1945 - Softcover

Beck, Earl R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0882959069 ISBN 13: 9780882959061

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 1993

Synopsis

In a book arranged in chapters which deal separately with the Home Fronts of each country, Beck is able to provide a comprehensive picture of the effects of the world's only 'total war' upon the civilians who often faced bewilderment, fear, death, and destruction all around them. Beck considers the effects of bombing and sometimes actual fighting in the streets and towns in which people lived, and the policies of individual governments that attempted to encourage and retain support for the war effort in varying ways.

About this title

About the Author:

Earl R. Beck is the author of European Home Fronts 1939 - 1945, published by Wiley.

Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.:

"Warfare has always created trauma for civilians as well as for the soldiers who fight the battles. Pillage, rape, slavery, famines and epidemics all have been the dark companions of glorious deeds on the battlefields. But civilians, unlike soldiers, do not normally win medals for bravery in the face of these trials."

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0882959069
• ISBN 13: 9780882959061
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 178