Public Schools and the Second World War / David Walsh, Anthony Seldon, and The Lord The Lord Bramall.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Walsh, David, 1949- author.

Seldon, Anthony, author.

The Lord Bramall, The Lord, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War--1939-1945--Education and the war.

World War.

Public schools.

War and education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (369 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Barnsley, England : Pen & Sword Military, [2020]

Summary:

"Following on from Public Schools and the Great War, Sir Anthony Seldon and David Walsh now examine those same schools in the Second World War. Privileged conservative traditions of private schools were challenged in the inter-war years by the changing social and political landscape, including a greater role for the alumni of girls public schools. What was that public school spirit in 1939 and how did it and its products cope with, and contribute to, the requirements of a modern global conflict both physically and intellectually? The book answers these questions by, for example, examining the public schools role in the development and operations of the RAF in unconventional warfare and code-breaking. At home there was bombing, evacuation and the threat of invasion. Finally, the authors study how public schools shaped the way the war was interpreted culturally and how they responded to victory in 1945 and hopes of a new social order. This fascinating book draws widely on primary source material and personal accounts of inspiring courage and endurance."--Amazon.com.

Contents:

Cover

Book title

Table of contents

Acknowledgements

Foreword

Introduction

Part I The Opportunity Opens

Chapter 1 The Long Shadow of the Great War

Chapter 2 War Comes to the Public Schools

Part II Winning the War

Chapter 3 Air and Sea

Chapter 4 War on Land

Chapter 5 The Secret War

Chapter 6 Science and Innovation

Plate section

Part III Shaping the Peace

Chapter 7 The Post-War Settlement

Chapter 8 Reaching Out

Chapter 9 How the War was Portrayed

Part IV The Opportunity Closes

Chapter 10 The Failure to Reform Public Schools

Notes

Select Bibliography

Selected Abbreviations

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781526750426

1526750422

9781526750402

1526750406

OCLC:

1276854829