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At home and under fire : air raids and culture in Britain from the Great War to the Blitz
- Title
- At home and under fire : air raids and culture in Britain from the Great War to the Blitz / Susan R. Grayzel.
- Author
- Grayzel, Susan R.
- Publication
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
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Details
- Description
- xii, 343 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "War has always had consequences for civilians, but during the First World War, air raids redefined British civilians' experiences and expectations of warfare. This book also demonstrates how the legacy of Britain's first air raids helped prepare civilians for the Second World War"--Provided by publisher.
- Series Statement
- Literature in context
- Subjects
- Civil defense > Great Britain > History > 20th century
- Bombing, Aerial > Great Britain > History > 20th century
- Civil defense > Social aspects > Great Britain > History > 20th century
- Civilians in war > Great Britain > History > 20th century
- World War, 1914-1918 > Aerial operations, German
- World War, 1939-1945 > Aerial operations, German
- HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain
- Civilian war casualties > Great Britain > History > 20th century
- Great Britain > History, Military
- Bombing, Aerial > Social aspects > Great Britain > History > 20th century
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: 1. Modern war and the militarization of domestic life; 2. Destroying the innocent: the arrival of the air raid, 1914-1916; 3. Redefining the battlezone: responding to intensified aerial warfare, 1917-1918; 4. Writing and rewriting modern warfare: memory, representation, and the legacy of the air raid in Interwar Britain; 5. Inventing civil defense: imagining and planning for the war to come; 6. Trying to prevent the war to come: efforts to remove the threat of air raids; 7. Facing the future of air power: responding to interwar air raids; 8. Preparing the public for the next war: the expansion of air raid precautions; 9. Protecting the innocent: gas masks and the domestication of air raid precautions; 10. Responding to the air war's return: the militarized domestic sphere from Munich to the Blitz; 11. Representing the new air war: morale and the domestication of the air raid in wartime popular culture; 12.Conclusion: Air raids and the domestication of modern war.
- Call Number
- JFE 12-1305
- ISBN
- 9780521874946 (hardback)
- 0521874947 (hardback)
- LCCN
- 2011012050
- OCLC
- YBP 2011012050
- Author
- Grayzel, Susan R.
- Title
- At home and under fire : air raids and culture in Britain from the Great War to the Blitz / Susan R. Grayzel.
- Imprint
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
- Series
- Literature in context
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 12-1305