This volume presents photos made by fashion and society photographer Cecil Beaton for the Ministry of Information during World War II; drawn from the collection of the Imperial War Museum and Sotheby"s Belgravia. Beaton was assigned to cover bomb damage in England and later traveled to the Middle East, India and China. Photographs by Beaton; foreword by Peter Quennell; introduction by Gail Buckland. 192 pages; 162 b&w plates; 9.5 x 11.75 inches. Extensive notes on the photos; bibliography of books by Beaton on the war.