Many books have looked at the effect of the war on the Home Front, but
this is the first book to take a glimpse at the Home Front
photographically from an international point of view, covering both
Allied and enemy countries, juxtaposing the same situations in different
countries to show a similar response.
This second volume chronicles the changes brought on by just a few
months of war: spies, increased casualties, food shortages, changes in
work patterns, the shortage of men in the work force, women at work and
at the end of the year the slow rush in Britain to volunteer for the
army, hoping to not be called for service. It also looks at the Home
Front for those caught behind enemy lines where life was both spartan,
potentially dangerous and subject to the whim of the victor. The
photographs, many of which have not been seen before and some which have
never been published, clearly show that each year of war had a further
profound effect on each nation. This unique series of international
photographic books fits in with the author's more textual books on the
Home Front: Hull in the Great War and Reading in the Great War, both of
which explore the complex life of a city at war.