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Books on the Home Front


davidfegga

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Hi All

Have just finshed "All Quiet on the Home Front" by Richard Van Emden, and found it fascinating, as Ididn't realise that conditions at home in 17/18 were that bad, with food shortages and industrial unrest etc.

I also recently came across an article about returning troops rioting and burning down a police station local to me in1919, (wonder if my Grandad was amongst them?)

Are there any more books on this subject that anybody could recommend?

Dave

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You could have a look at 'Blighty: British Society in the Era of the Great War', by Gerard J DeGroot. It was quite good, probably more of a sociological slant than the van Emden.

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Hi All

Have just finshed "All Quiet on the Home Front" by Richard Van Emden, and found it fascinating, as Ididn't realise that conditions at home in 17/18 were that bad, with food shortages and industrial unrest etc.

I also recently came across an article about returning troops rioting and burning down a police station local to me in1919, (wonder if my Grandad was amongst them?)

Are there any more books on this subject that anybody could recommend?

Dave

If you can find a copy try "How we lived then" by Mrs C S Peel

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