Covers a generation of artists in the broadest sense of the word, including painters, architects, writers, poets, sculptors, designers, musicians and others who served during World War Two. It includes a brief biography for each of the artists featured. This includes their principal artistic achievements, some background historical information, and articles written by the artists which describe their military service and the art they produced.The contributors include: Bruce Allsopp, Sir Martyn Beckett, Edward Hollamby, Claude Harrison, Arthur Hackney, Anthony Eyton, A Stewart Mackay, Richard Seddon, John Napper, Leonard Rosoman, Eric Taylor, William Gear, Laurence Whistler (Rex Whistler), Kenneth Armitage, Franta Belsky, William Maving Gardner, Sir Hardy Amies, Andrew Grima, Bill Ward, David Langdon, James Bostock, John Hawkesworth, Shaun Sutton, George Macdonald Fraser, Michael Gilbert, Ralph Hammond Innes, Richard Hough, John Prebble, Nigel Tranter, George Lloyd, Paul Griffin, John Press, Gavin Ewart, Randle Manwaring, Robert A Strand.