At home and under fire : air raids and culture in Britain from the Great War to the Blitz /
Grayzel, Susan R.
At home and under fire : air raids and culture in Britain from the Great War to the Blitz / Susan R. Grayzel. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, c2011. - xii, 343 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - Literature in context .
Formerly CIP.
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.
9780521874946 (hbk.) : £45.00 0521874947 (hbk.) : £45.00
2011012050
GBB177776 bnb
Civil defense--History--Great Britain--20th century.
Civil defense--Social aspects--History--Great Britain--20th century.
Bombing, Aerial--History--Great Britain--20th century.
Bombing, Aerial--Social aspects--History--Great Britain--20th century.
Civilians in war--History--Great Britain--20th century.
Civilian war casualties--History--Great Britain--20th century.
World War, 1914-1918--Aerial operations, German.
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, German.
Great Britain--History, Military.
363.35094109041
At home and under fire : air raids and culture in Britain from the Great War to the Blitz / Susan R. Grayzel. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, c2011. - xii, 343 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - Literature in context .
Formerly CIP.
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.
9780521874946 (hbk.) : £45.00 0521874947 (hbk.) : £45.00
2011012050
GBB177776 bnb
Civil defense--History--Great Britain--20th century.
Civil defense--Social aspects--History--Great Britain--20th century.
Bombing, Aerial--History--Great Britain--20th century.
Bombing, Aerial--Social aspects--History--Great Britain--20th century.
Civilians in war--History--Great Britain--20th century.
Civilian war casualties--History--Great Britain--20th century.
World War, 1914-1918--Aerial operations, German.
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, German.
Great Britain--History, Military.
363.35094109041