At home and under fire : air raids and culture in Britain from the Great War to the Blitz / Susan R. Grayzel.
By: Grayzel, Susan R.
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BookSeries: Literature in context.Publisher: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012Description: xii, 343 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781107679412 (pbk.) :; 9780521874946 (hardback); 0521874947 (hardback).Subject(s): Civil defense -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century | Civil defense -- Social aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century | Bombing, Aerial -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century | Bombing, Aerial -- Social aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century | Civilians in war -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century | Civilian war casualties -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century | World War, 1914-1918 -- Aerial operations, German | World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, German | Great Britain -- History, MilitaryDDC classification: 363.35094109041 | Item type | Current location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 323-334) and index.
Introduction: modern war and the militarization of domestic life -- Destroying the innocent: the arrival of the air raid, 1914-1916 -- Redefining the battle zone: responding to intensified aerial warfare, 1917-1918 -- Writing and rewriting modern warfare: memory, representation, and the legacy of the air raid in Interwar Britain -- Inventing civil defense: imagining and planning for the war to come -- Trying to prevent the war to come: efforts to remove the threat of air raids -- Facing the future of air power: air raids at abroad and reactions at home -- Preparing the public for the next war: air raid precautions on the eve of war -- Protecting the innocent: gas masks for babies and the domestication of air raid precautions -- Responding to the air war's return: the militarized domestic sphere from September '28 to the Blitz -- Representing the new air war: morale, the air raid, and wartime popular culture -- Conclusion: Air raids and the domestication of modern war.
"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.
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