{"product_id":"demobbed-alan-allport-9780300168860","title":"Demobbed: Coming Home After the Second World War","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe trials, troubles and triumphs of returning home after the end of World War Two.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e What happened when millions of British servicemen were \"demobbed\"--demobilized--after World War II? Most had been absent for years, and the joy of arrival was often clouded with ambivalence, regrets, and fears. Returning soldiers faced both practical and psychological problems, from reasserting their place in the family home to rejoining a much-altered labor force. Civilians worried that their homecoming heroes had been barbarized by their experiences and would bring crime and violence back from the battlefield. Drawing on personal letters and diaries, newspapers, reports, novels, and films, Alan Allport illuminates the darker side of the homecoming experience for ex-servicemen, their families, and society at large--a gripping story that's in danger of being lost to national memory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alan Allport\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300168861\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300168860\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/26\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.90d","brand":"Alan Allport","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44069869191423,"sku":"9780300168860","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0cb6489e-2f49-43c6-ab29-41bc3ed2fcf4.jpg?v=1685426978","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/demobbed-alan-allport-9780300168860","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}