A History of Western Society: Printed Page 841

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A History of Western Society, Concise Edition: Printed Page 841

The Home Front FOCUS QUESTION In what ways did the war transform life on the home front?

The war’s impact on civilians was no less massive than it was on the men crouched in the trenches. Total war encouraged the growth of state bureaucracies, transformed the lives of ordinary women and men, and by the end inspired mass antiwar protest movements.