In the Second World War, the home fronts of many countries became as important as the battle fronts. As governments tried to win and hold the trust of domestic

This book offers the first sustained analysis of the interactions between British writers, propaganda and culture from the Second World War to the Cold War. It

How did exhibitions become a vital tool for public communication in early twentieth century Britain? Showing resistance reveals how exhibitions were taken up by

The enormous loss of life and physical destruction caused by the First World War led people to hope that there would never be another such catastrophe. How then

Silver Medal winner in the Independent Book Publishers Awards Late in 1939 Nazi Germany was poised to overrun Europe and extend Adolf Hitler's fascist control.