Don't You Know There's a War On?

Between 1939 and 1945, the civilian population in Britain was exposed to the grim and dangerous realities of war to an unprecedented degree. Yet, many remember those years as bringing fulfilment, a sense of adventure, even exhilaration, and found the common danger gave their lives a shape and purpose that they have been unable to recapture in peacetime. This book gathers the personal stories of 35 people, drawn from all walks of life, and evokes as never before, the reality of life in Britain, during the Second World War. Here is a uniquely personal portrait of a nation at war, with contemporary photographs, diaries, letters, poems, and other memorabilia belonging to the men and women whose wartime lives fill this absorbing book.

List of Documents	p. v
Acknowledgements	p. vii
Introduction	p. ix
Home Front	p. 1
The City Mother	p. 5
The Soldier's Daughter	p. 11
The Country Mother	p. 17
The Shopkeeper's Son	p. 23
Two Nations	p. 29
The Scholarship Girl	p. 33
The Town Kid	p. 42
The Airman's Daughter	p. 50
The Scholarship Boy	p. 58
Women's Work	p. 67
The Railway Inspector	p. 71
The Pilot	p. 78
The Civil Servant	p. 83
The Shop Steward	p. 91
The Student Volunteer	p. 97
The Timber Yard Worker	p. 104
A Kind of Schooling	p. 109
The State Schoolgirl	p. 113
The Country Teacher	p. 119
The Public Schoolboy	p. 130
The City Teacher	p. 136
Taking It	p. 143
The Magazine Editor	p. 147
The Stockbroker's Daughter	p. 154
The Jewish Refugee	p. 160
The Barrister's Daughter	p. 170
A Matter of Conscience	p. 177
The Pacifist Prisoner	p. 181
The Actor's Wife	p. 188
The Jehovah's Witness	p. 197
The Shelter Warden	p. 203
The Dissident Student	p. 211
Community Spirit	p. 219
The Doctor's Wife	p. 223
The Mill Girl	p. 229
The Small-town Boy	p. 237
The Miner's Daughter	p. 244
Out of Step	p. 251
The High School Teacher	p. 255
The Party Member	p. 261
The Organizing Secretary	p. 267
The Office Girl	p. 272
A Brave New World?	p. 281
Further Reading	p. 285
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