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In search of the real Dad's Army : the Home Guard and the defence of the United Kingdom, 1940-1944 / Stephen M. Cullen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cullen, Stephen M.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1939-1945--Great Britain.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Great Britain--Defenses.
- Great Britain.
- Great Britain. Home Guard.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (273 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword Military, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- What was the Home Guard? Who were the men and women who served in it? And what can be said of their real role and significance once the popular myths have been stripped away? Despite the fame of the Home Guard - of Dad's Army - the true story of this wartime organization tends to be neglected. The myths obscure the reality. Stephen Cullen's aim in this thoroughgoing new study is to cut through the misunderstandings in order to reassess the Home Guard and its contribution to Britain's war effort - and to deepen our understanding of the men and women who were members of it. He sets the Home Guar
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Background
- pt. 2. The home Guard and the defence of the UK, 1940-44
- pt. 3. Old men, young men, and women : the people in arms
- pt. 4. Equipping the Home Guard
- pt. 5. Understanding and remembering the Home Guard.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781299200142
- 1299200141
- 9781844683864
- 1844683869
- OCLC:
- 797915608
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