Half the battle : civilian morale in Britain during the Second World War /

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"How well did civilian morale stand up to the pressures of total war and what factors were important to it? In this important work, Robert Mackay offers a robust rejection of recent contentions that civilian morale fell a long way short of the favourable picture presented at the time and in hun...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mackay, Robert, 1940-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press : Distributed in the U.S.A. by Palgrave, 2002.
Temas:
1918-1945
World War, 1939-1945 > Great Britain.
World War, 1939-1945 > Social aspects > Great Britain.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Grande-Bretagne.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Aspect social > Grande-Bretagne.
Humanities.
History.
Regional and national history.
European history.
HISTORY > Military > World War II.
Manners and customs
Social aspects
Tweede Wereldoorlog.
Thuisfront.
Weltkrieg > 1939-1945
Bevölkerung
Psychosoziale Situation
CAS HI 253.
Great Britain > Social life and customs > 1918-1945.
Grande-Bretagne > Mœurs et coutumes > 1918-1945.
Great Britain
Großbritannien
War
Britain
Civilian
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • CONTENTS; 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.

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