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1 online resource (139 pages)
ISBN:
9780203980835
Inhalt:
Britain in the Second World War presents a new and vivid survey of politics, society, culture and military strategy between 1939 and 1945. Structured around themes such as 'Wartime Media', and 'Britain and its Allies', the book covers the major historical debates of these areas, including Britains commitment to remain in the conflict until unconditional surrender and the effect of war on the status of women. It includes discussion of: * politics, including Churchill's wartime strategy and the 1945 election * the economy * selling the war to the public * the influence of war on British society. Britain in the Second World War is a compact history of wartime Britain which not only provides a succinct narrative of events, but also highlights contemporary historical debate.
Inhalt:
Book Cover -- Half-Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Chronology of the war in the west -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Wartime politics -- The outbreak of war and the downfall of Chamberlain -- The Churchill coalition, 1940-2 -- Beveridge and reconstruction -- Popular attitudes and the 1945 election -- Conclusion -- Chapter 2 The people's war -- Evacuation and the blitz -- Women at war -- Civil liberties, citizenship and the state -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3 The wartime economy -- Organising the war economy -- The performance of the war economy -- The economic legacy of the war -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4 Wartime media-press, radio and cinema -- The national press -- The BBC -- Cinema -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5 Wartime strategy-Britain and its Allies -- Britain and France, September 1939-June 1940 -- Britain alone, June 1940-June 1941 -- Towards the Grand Alliance, June- December 1941 -- The Mediterranean strategy, 1942-4 -- D-Day and victory in Europe -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- General -- Politics and society -- Wartime economy -- Press, propaganda and culture -- Wartime strategy -- Index.
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ISBN 9780415174251
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780415174251
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Print version Britain in the Second World War
Sprache:
Englisch
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