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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.
Publication Info New York ; Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.


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Descript xii, 343 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents 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.
ISBN 9780521874946 (hbk.)
0521874947 (hbk.)
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Author Grayzel, Susan R.
Subject Civil defence -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
Civil defence -- 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, Military.
Descript xii, 343 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents 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.
ISBN 9780521874946 (hbk.)
0521874947 (hbk.)
Author Grayzel, Susan R.
Subject Civil defence -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
Civil defence -- 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, Military.
LOCATION SHELVED AT LOAN TYPE STATUS
 BJL Reading Room 1st floor HDC  D 810 C69 G7  4 WEEK LOAN  AVAILABLE

Subject Civil defence -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
Civil defence -- 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, Military.
Descript xii, 343 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents 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.
ISBN 9780521874946 (hbk.)
0521874947 (hbk.)

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