Islands at War: Trinidad and Tobago During World War II (Paria Publishing), by historian Bridget Brereton and librarian Karen E. Eccles, is a collection of essays on various aspects of the social and cultural life of T&T during a climactic historical period, with a focus on how women, labour leaders, and literary figures, among others, engaged with the war effort. Elsewhere, the book examines the impact of the war on Tobago, and its role in the evolution of Carnival, calypso, and steelpan.