UID:
almafu_9960011590102883
Format:
1 online resource (369 pages)
Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
1-5267-5042-2
,
1-5267-5040-6
Content:
"Following on from Public Schools and the Great War, Sir Anthony Seldon and David Walsh now examine those same schools in the Second World War. Privileged conservative traditions of private schools were challenged in the inter-war years by the changing social and political landscape, including a greater role for the alumni of girls public schools. What was that public school spirit in 1939 and how did it and its products cope with, and contribute to, the requirements of a modern global conflict both physically and intellectually? The book answers these questions by, for example, examining the public schools role in the development and operations of the RAF in unconventional warfare and code-breaking. At home there was bombing, evacuation and the threat of invasion. Finally, the authors study how public schools shaped the way the war was interpreted culturally and how they responded to victory in 1945 and hopes of a new social order. This fascinating book draws widely on primary source material and personal accounts of inspiring courage and endurance."--Amazon.com.
Note:
Cover -- Book title -- Table of contents -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Part I The Opportunity Opens -- Chapter 1 The Long Shadow of the Great War -- Chapter 2 War Comes to the Public Schools -- Part II Winning the War -- Chapter 3 Air and Sea -- Chapter 4 War on Land -- Chapter 5 The Secret War -- Chapter 6 Science and Innovation -- Plate section -- Part III Shaping the Peace -- Chapter 7 The Post-War Settlement -- Chapter 8 Reaching Out -- Chapter 9 How the War was Portrayed -- Part IV The Opportunity Closes -- Chapter 10 The Failure to Reform Public Schools -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Selected Abbreviations -- Index.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-5267-5039-2
Language:
English
