Our Home Front: 1939-45
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition
Pages: Good
When the world erupted into global conflict in 1939, the reverberations were felt in every Australian home, street, and workplace — and Our Home Front: 1939-45 brings that tumultuous era vividly to life through a rich collection of personal accounts, testimonies, and historical reflections. Edited by Andrew Bolt, with a foreword by distinguished historian Geoffrey Blainey and an afterword by Joan Kirner, this anthology chronicles the lived experience of ordinary Australians who endured rationing, separation, loss, and sacrifice while their loved ones fought overseas, painting an intimate and unflinching portrait of a nation at war with itself as much as with any foreign enemy. Beyond the battlefield dispatches and government communiqués, it is the voices of the home front — mothers, factory workers, children, and community leaders — that give this volume its remarkable emotional authority. Blainey's foreword situates these accounts within the broader sweep of Australian wartime history, lending the collection both scholarly weight and narrative urgency. A testament to resilience, community, and the quiet heroism of everyday life, Our Home Front: 1939-45 leaves the reader wondering: what would you have sacrificed?
Author: Andrew Bolt
Format: Hardback
Published: 1995, Wilkinson Books
Genre: WW2
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition
Pages: Good
When the world erupted into global conflict in 1939, the reverberations were felt in every Australian home, street, and workplace — and Our Home Front: 1939-45 brings that tumultuous era vividly to life through a rich collection of personal accounts, testimonies, and historical reflections. Edited by Andrew Bolt, with a foreword by distinguished historian Geoffrey Blainey and an afterword by Joan Kirner, this anthology chronicles the lived experience of ordinary Australians who endured rationing, separation, loss, and sacrifice while their loved ones fought overseas, painting an intimate and unflinching portrait of a nation at war with itself as much as with any foreign enemy. Beyond the battlefield dispatches and government communiqués, it is the voices of the home front — mothers, factory workers, children, and community leaders — that give this volume its remarkable emotional authority. Blainey's foreword situates these accounts within the broader sweep of Australian wartime history, lending the collection both scholarly weight and narrative urgency. A testament to resilience, community, and the quiet heroism of everyday life, Our Home Front: 1939-45 leaves the reader wondering: what would you have sacrificed?