"For their own good" : civilian evacuations in Germany and France, 1939-1945 / Julia S. Torrie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Torrie, Julia S. (Julia Suzanne), 1973-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Evacuation of civilians--Germany.

World War, 1939-1945.

World War, 1939-1945--Evacuation of civilians--France.

World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations.

Bombing, Aerial--Social aspects--Germany--History--20th century.

Bombing, Aerial.

Bombing, Aerial--Social aspects--France--History--20th century.

Germany--History--1933-1945.

Germany.

France--History--German occupation, 1940-1945.

France.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (280 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn Books, 2010.

Summary:

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

Contents:

Preparing for air war

Order or chaos?

Organizing evacuations

Our stay gives us no pleasure

If only family unity can be maintained

On the basis of selection

Responding to chaos

Evacuation's aftermath.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [244]-260) and index.

ISBN:

1-78238-391-3

OCLC:

645102027