War and welfare

British prisoner of war families, 193945

By: Barbara Hately

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Hardcover | 1 October 2009

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During the Second World War, some 250,000 British servicemen were taken captive by either the Axis powers or the Japanese. As a result of this, their wives and families became completely dependent on the military and civil authorities.

This book examines the experiences of the millions of service dependents created by total war. The book then focuses on the most disadvantaged elements of this group - the wives, children and dependents of men taken prisoner- and the changes brought about by the exigencies of total war. Further chapters reflect on how these families organised to lobby government and the strategies they adopted to circumvent apparent bureaucratic ineptitude and misinformation.

This book is essential reading for both academic and general readers interested in the British Home Front during the Second World War. -- .

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List of figures and tables	p. vii
Acknowledgements	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
'No such useless appendage' - the state and service families before 1939	p. 21
'An untidy arrangement' - service Family and Dependants' Allowances, 1939 to 1945	p. 58
'Dead, missing or prisoner of war?' - classifying men lost in action	p. 86
'The fortunes of war' -uncertainty and economic hardship	p. 118
'Nobody would tell you anything' - official secrets and bureaucratic misinformation	p. 140
'By ourselves, for ourselves' - unofficial information, self-help and charities	p. 174
'The rate for the job' - debates on postwar service allowances	p. 212
Conclusions	p. 243
Bibliography	p. 258
Index	p. 285
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