Beyond the Battlefield provides a fascinating account of female creativity in America, Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand during the turbulent era of twentieth-century conflict.

This book looks at women artists' unique artistic portrayal of war at the front lines, as well as their documentation of everyday life on the home front.

Exploring high-profile artists such as the American photographer Lee Miller and her work with British Vogue, this book also recounts the experiences of the First World War nurses, voluntary aides and ambulance drivers who found time to create astonishing art while working in the middle of war zones.

While some women could bravely work the front lines, other female artists felt dis empowered by their distance from actual warfare. Spurred by the constant fear of attack, the sorrow of innocent lives destroyed, the mass murders of people in concentration camps and the unimaginable aftermath of the A-bomb attacks on Japan, female artists created highly charged, emotional responses to the threats, sufferings and horrors of war.

The two world wars of the twentieth century changed the world utterly, on a scale never seen before or since.'

Contents:
Women on the home front in the First World War - Behind the front -- War's end and its scarred land -- Responding to yet another war -- Women on the home front in the Second World War -- Close encounters -- Peace at last.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-266) and index.