The Home Front Volume I

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FOREWORD v
PREFACE xi
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS xvii
ABBREVIATIONS xxi
METRIC CONVERSION xxix
Volume 1
1 The End of Waiting 1
2 Impact of War 22
3 The First Moves 68
4 Response from the Home Front 133
5 Pacifism 171
6 A Dissenting Minority 209
7 Conscientious Objectors and Defaulters 244
8 Blood is Spilt 286
9 The Menace of Japan 314
10 War Comes to the Pacific 330
11 The Challenge is Accepted 372
12 Defence by the People 450
13 Russia and the War 574
14 The American Invasion 621
Volume II
15 Manpower is Directed 663
16 The Shoe Pinches 742
17 More Shortages 797
18 Aliens 851
19 Censorship 886
20 Camp Followers 1014
21 Women at War 1053
22 Education 1116
23 The Arts Survive 1183
24 Victory at Last 1219
SOURCES 1297
INDEX 1309

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Title: The Home Front Volume I

Author: Taylor, Nancy M.

Publication details: Historical Publications Branch, 1986, Wellington

Part of: The Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939–1945

This text is the subject of: ‘Something of Them Is Here Recorded’: Official History in New Zealand

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