| Love in Time of War: Letter Writing in the Second World War Contributor(s): Montgomerie, Deborah (Author) |
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ISBN: 1869403363 ISBN-13: 9781869403362 Publisher: Auckland University Press OUR PRICE: $22.46 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2005 Annotation: Using letters between soldiers and their loved ones, parents, sweethearts, wives, and children, this compilation traces the emotional and psychological ways New Zealanders made sense of the upheaval they experienced during World War II. Contrary to stereotypes, these writings show movingly and graphically that New Zealand soldiers were able to maintain a sense of their prewar selves and their connections to home through feats of the imagination and messages of love, hope, and longing that they sent back home. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - World War Ii - Family & Relationships - Biography & Autobiography |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2005415340 |
| Series: Aup Studies in Cultural and Social History |
| Physical Information: 100 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Using letters between soldiers and their loved ones, parents, sweethearts, wives, and children, this compilation traces the emotional and psychological ways New Zealanders made sense of the upheaval they experienced during World War II. Contrary to stereotypes, these writings show movingly and graphically that New Zealand soldiers were able to maintain a sense of their prewar selves and their connections to home through feats of the imagination and messages of love, hope, and longing that they sent back home. |