{"product_id":"the-home-front","title":"The Home Front","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Great War is now typically regarded as senseless and futile, but most New Zealanders at the time considered it to be a war to preserve security and freedoms, to punish an aggressive enemy and to win a better world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eYet the war years proved a tumultuous time, and bitterness and animosities ran alongside idealism and sacrifice. Families were broken up as soldiers departed. Civil liberties were curtailed as the government wielded unprecedented powers. Divisive issues, economic volatility and a rising death toll all threatened resolve. Finally, in the last weeks of the war, a devastating influenza pandemic arrived in New Zealand and extracted a deadly toll.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Home Front\u003c\/em\u003e Steven Loveridge and James Watson offer a compelling account of how a small and developing country confronted the complex questions and brutal realities of a world war.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Massey University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":66336658587997,"sku":null,"price":46.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/3893\/2573\/files\/9780995100183.jpg?v=1793093447","url":"https:\/\/shop.gazellebookservices.co.uk\/products\/the-home-front","provider":"Gazelle Book Services","version":"1.0","type":"link"}