{"product_id":"demobbed-coming-home-after-the-second-world-war","title":"Demobbed: Coming Home After the Second World War","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat happened when millions of British servicemen were “demobbed”—demobilized—after World War II?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMost had been absent for years, and the joy of arrival was often clouded with ambivalence, regrets, and fears.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReturning soldiers faced both practical and psychological problems, from reasserting their place in the family home to rejoining a much-altered labor force. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCivilians worried that their homecoming heroes had been barbarized by their experiences and would bring crime and violence back from the battlefield.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alan Allport","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48788660125865,"sku":"9780300140439","price":34.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/9518\/0962\/files\/dem.jpg?v=1789799100","url":"https:\/\/roseyravelstonbooks.com.au\/products\/demobbed-coming-home-after-the-second-world-war","provider":"RoseyRavelston Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}