Subject Essays

Editorial Board members have written essays that contextualize the primary source material and highlight key themes, topics, and events discussed within and across the files.

Facing Armageddon: British society and civil defense, 1939-1945, Brett Holman

The evolution of the Ministry of Information and Home Front propaganda, 1939–42, David Clampin

They also serve: British women and the Second World War, Juliette Pattinson

"Careless Talk": reading Britain's Home Front fiction, Karen Schaller