For Their Own Good : Civilian Evacuations in Germany and France, 1939-1945.
The early twentieth-century advent of aerial bombing made successful evacuations essential to any war effort, but ordinary people resented them deeply. Based on extensive archival research in Germany and France, this is the first broad, comparative study of civilian evacuations in Germany and France...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Berghahn Books, Inc.,
2010.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | The early twentieth-century advent of aerial bombing made successful evacuations essential to any war effort, but ordinary people resented them deeply. Based on extensive archival research in Germany and France, this is the first broad, comparative study of civilian evacuations in Germany and France during World War II. The evidence uncovered exposes the complexities of an assumed monolithic and all-powerful Nazi state by showing that citizens' objections to evacuations, which were rooted in family concerns, forced changes in policy. Drawing attention to the interaction between the Germans and. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (279 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-260) and index. |
ISBN: | 9781845458164 1845458168 |