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Allport, Alan

 
9780300140439: Demobbed: Coming Home After the Second World War
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ISBN 10 : 0300140436 ISBN 13 : 9780300140439
Editeur : Yale University Press, 2010

Synopsis

Snapshots of gaiety and celebration - the street parties, the victory speeches - are how some people today think of Britain in 1945. But the years following the end of World War II were far from a 'golden age' of pride and self-confidence. The country was troubled though triumphant, subject to continued rationing and political change. Wracked by social disorder, austerity and disillusion, Britain was exhausted - and it was the return of those men who had fought for their country who seemed to be a root cause of the trouble. 'Demobbed' is the real story of what happened when millions of ex-servicemen returned home. Most had been absent for years, and the joy of arrival was often clouded with ambivalence, regrets and fears. Returning soldiers faced both practical and psychological problems, from reasserting their place in the family home to rejoining a much-altered labour force. Civilians worried that their homecoming heroes had been barbarised by their experiences and would bring crime and violence back from the battlefield. 'Problem veterans' preoccupied the entire country. Alan Allport draws on their personal letters and diaries, on newspapers, reports, novels and films to illuminate the darker side of the homecoming experience for ex-servicemen, their families and society at large - a gripping story that's in danger of being lost to national memory.

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À propos de l'auteur

Alan Allport was born in Whiston, England, and grew up in East Yorkshire. An expert on the Second World War, he is currently a postdoctoral lecturer at Princeton.

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Éditeur
Yale University Press
Date d'édition
2010
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0300140436
ISBN 13 
9780300140439
Reliure
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Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
288
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