Half the battle : civilian morale in Britain during the Second World War /
How well did civilian morale stand up to the pressure of total war and what factors were important to it? Rejecting contentions that morale fell short of the favourable picture presented during World War II and since, this work shows how government policies for maintaining morale were put in place.
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Manchester :
Manchester University Press,
[2018?]
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- INTRODUCTION; 1 War imagined; 2 War experienced: September 1939-May 1941; 3 War experienced: 1941-45; 4 Persuading the people; 5 Easing the strain; 6 Beveridge and all that; CONCLUSION The invisible chain; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.
- INTRODUCTION
- Part I. PROSPECT AND REALITY
- 1. War imagined
- The prospect of total war
- again
- A united nation?
- Preparing for the storm
- The view from below
- 2. War experienced: September 1939-May 1941
- The Phoney War
- The Emergency
- May-September 1940
- The Big Blitz
- 3. War experienced: 1941-45
- A different sort of war
- Separations
- Restrictions, restrictions
- Working and not working
- Part II. EXPLANATIONS
- 4. Persuading the people
- Controlling the news
- The propaganda of reassurance
- Stimulating patriotism
- 5. Easing the strain
- Protection
- Food
- The cost of living
- Working conditions
- Health
- Recreation and leisure
- Some essential inessentials
- 6. Beveridge and all that
- Thinking about the future
- The impact of Beveridge
- Another sign of things to come?
- CONCLUSION
- The invisible chain.