At home and under fire : air raids and culture in Britain from the Great War to the Blitz / Susan R. Grayzel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grayzel, Susan R., author.

Series:

Literature in context

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civil defense--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Civil defense.

Civil defense--Social aspects--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Bombing, Aerial--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Bombing, Aerial.

Bombing, Aerial--Social aspects--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Civilians in war--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Civilians in war.

Civilian war casualties--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Civilian war casualties.

World War, 1914-1918--Aerial operations, German.

World War, 1914-1918.

World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, German.

World War, 1939-1945.

Great Britain--History, Military.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 343 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Other Title:

At Home & under Fire

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Although the Blitz has come to symbolize the experience of civilians under attack, Germany first launched air raids on Britain at the end of 1914 and continued them during the First World War. With the advent of air warfare, civilians far removed from traditional battle zones became a direct target of war rather than a group shielded from its impact. This is a study of how British civilians experienced and came to terms with aerial warfare during the First and Second World Wars. Memories of the World War I bombings shaped British responses to the various real and imagined war threats of the 1920s and 1930s, including the bombing of civilians during the Spanish Civil War and, ultimately, the Blitz itself. The processes by which different constituent bodies of the British nation responded to the arrival of air power reveal the particular role that gender played in defining civilian participation in modern war.

Contents:

Introduction: modern war and the militarization of domestic life

Destroying the innocent: the arrival of the air raid, 1914-1916

Redefining the battle zone: responding to intensified aerial warfare, 1917-1918

Writing and rewriting modern warfare: memory, representation, and the legacy of the air raid in Interwar Britain

Inventing civil defense: imagining and planning for the war to come

Trying to prevent the war to come: efforts to remove the threat of air raids

Facing the future of air power: air raids abroad and reactions at home

Preparing the public for the next war: air raid precautions on the eve of war

Protecting the innocent: gas masks for babies and the domestication of air raid precautions

Responding to the air war's return: the militarized domestic sphere from September '28 to the Blitz

Representing the new air war: morale, the air raid, and wartime popular culture

Conclusion: Air raids and the domestication of modern war.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-139-20945-0

1-107-22588-4

1-280-48498-5

1-139-22228-7

9786613579966

1-139-21747-X

1-139-21439-X

1-139-22399-2

1-139-02119-2

1-139-22056-X

OCLC:

775869842