title: Air Raids & Ration Books: Life on the Home Front in Wartime Britain
author:  Mike Brown 
description: Mike Brown was Head of History in a London School and is an author, broadcaster and authority on 20th century fashions.. He is the author of CC41 Utility Clothing, 'The 1940s Look', 'The 1950s Look' and has to date written many books on wartime Britain. Mike lives in South London and having retired from teaching now works full-time writing, giving talks and doing research.
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  IF BRITAIN  
  HAD FALLEN
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  OTHER BOOKS BY NORMAN LONGMATE INCLUDE:
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  How We Lived Then,  
  A History of Everyday Life during the Second World War
  
  
  The Real Dad's Army, The Story of the Home Guard
  
  
  The GIs, The Americans in Britain, 1942-1945
  
  
  Air Raid, The Bombing of Coventry, 1940
  
  
  When We Won the War, The Story of Victory in Europe, 1945
  
  
  The Doodlebugs, The Story of the Flying-Bombs
  
  
  Hitler's Rockets, The Story of the V-2s
  
  
  The Bombers, The RAF Offensive against Germany
  
  
  The Home Front, An Anthology of Personal Experience, 1938-1945  
  (editor)
  
  
  Defending the Island, From Caesar to the Armada
  
  
  Island Fortress, The Defence of Great Britain, 1603-1945
  
  
  King Cholera, The Biography of Disease
  
  
  The Waterdrinkers, A History of Temperance
  
  
  Alive and Well, Medicine and Public Health, 1830 to the Present Day  
  [i.e. 1970]
  
  
  The Workhouse
  
  
  Milestones in Working Class History
  
  
  The Hungry Mills, The Story of the 