Land at War: The Official Story of British Farming, 1939-1944 (Uncovered Editions: War Facsimiles S.) - Softcover

Coates, Tim

9780117025370: Land at War: The Official Story of British Farming, 1939-1944 (Uncovered Editions: War Facsimiles S.)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0117025372 ISBN 13: 9780117025370

Publisher: Tim Coates, 2001

Large format softback faximilie edition. Very minor signs of use to cover. Pages are clean & unmarked. All proceeds raised will help fund the palliative care services provided by Wakefield Hospice.

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Synopsis:

Land at War was first published in 1945 to illustrate and explain the crucial part played by Britain's farms in the war effort. It paints a fascinating portrait of Britain in the 1940's, with photographs and descriptions of the people at work on the land. It is not just a book about rural life, but more a story of the resourcefulness and determination that prevailed throughout the country. "No weapon ever invented is more deadly than hunger; it can spike guns, destroy courage, and break the will of the most resolute peoples. This is the story of Britain's battlefield, the land; and of how 300,000 farms, strong points in the battle against hunger, were armed, equipped and manned, so that the rich though neglected soil of these islands could be won back to fertility and help to sustain a nation at war."

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