Demobbed : coming home after the Second World War /
Alan Allport.
- New Haven, [Conn.] ; London : Yale University Press, c2009.
- x, 265 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This work is the real story of what happened when millions of ex-servicement returned home. Allport draws on their personal letters and diaries, on newspapers, reports, novels and films to illuminate the darker side of the homecoming experience for ex-servicemen, their families and society at large.
Great Britain. Army --Demobilization--Psychological aspects.
World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--Social conditions.--Great Britain World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--Public opinion.--Great Britain Public opinion--Great Britain.