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The Road Home: The Aftermath of the Great War Told by the Men and Women Who Survived It

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11am, 11.11.1918: the war is finally over.

After four long years Britain welcomed her heroes home. Wives and mothers were reunited with loved ones they'd feared they'd never see again. Fathers met sons and daughters born during the war years for the very first time. It was a time of great joy - but it was also a time of enormous change.

The soldiers and nurses who survived life at the Front faced the reality of rebuilding their lives in a society that had changed beyond recognition. How did the veterans readjust to civilian life? How did they cope with their war wounds, work and memories of lost comrades? And what of the people they returned to - the independent young women who were asked to give up the work they had been enjoying, the wives who had to readjust to life with men who seemed like strangers?

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Max Arthur

Max Arthur

Max Arthur is the bestselling author of LAST POST and FORGOTTEN VOICES OF THE GREAT WAR. His other oral history titles include the classic work on the Falklands Campaign, ABOVE ALL, COURAGE. He is the military obituary writer for the Independent.

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