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This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book explores notions of identity and gender through a close examination of Richard Aldington and Hilda Doolittle's relationship as the war impacted on it. It examines the intricate gender assumptions that surround the condition of 'shell shock' through a detailed exploration of the life and work of Vera Brittain. The book discusses the gendered attitudes to the First World War located within Aldous Huxley's novella 'Farcical History of Richard Greenow'. It also explores the questioning of war in the 1930s, a period when memories of the First World War remained fresh. The book also examines women performing very 'unfeminine' roles during the Battle of the Atlantic, and argues that femininity is imposed nonetheless for propagandist purposes. It illustrates the confusion often experienced by women in the Vietnam War.

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