Earl R. Beck Knihy

Describes the hardships faced by German citizens living in the cities bombed by British and American planes during World War II, and explains how the Nazi bureaucracy kept those cities functioning

In a book arranged in chapters which deal separately with the Home Fronts of each country, Beck is able to provide a comprehensive picture of the effects of the world's only 'total war' upon the civilians who often faced bewilderment, fear, death, and destruction all around them. Beck considers the effects of bombing and sometimes actual fighting in the streets and towns in which people lived, and the policies of individual governments that attempted to encourage and retain support for the war effort in varying ways.