| We Are at War: The Diaries of Five Ordinary People in Extraordinary Times Contributor(s): Garfield, Simon (Author) |
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ISBN: 0091903874 ISBN-13: 9780091903879 Publisher: Ebury Press OUR PRICE: $24.29 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2005 Annotation: "We Are At War" continues Simon Garfield's successful formula of interweaving five ordinary lives from the Mass-Observation archive begun with "Our Hidden Lives," Of all the accounts written about the Second World War, none are more compelling than the personal diaries composed by those who lived through it. Beginning in the weeks before the war, and ending a year later with the Battle of Britain, the book will tell the story of the "phoney war" on the home front. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Historical - History | Military - World War Ii - History | Europe - Great Britain - General |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 4.98" W x 7.78" (0.76 lbs) 450 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1930's - Chronological Period - 1940's - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: We Are At War continues Simon Garfield's successful formula of interweaving five ordinary lives from the Mass-Observation archive begun with Our Hidden Lives. Of all the accounts written about the Second World War, none are more compelling than the personal diaries composed by those who lived through it. Beginning in the weeks before the war, and ending a year later with the Battle of Britain, the book will tell the story of the "phoney war" on the home front. |