Half the battle : civilian morale in Britain during the Second World War /
"How well did civilian morale stand up to the pressures of total war and what factors were important to it? In this important work, Robert Mackay offers a robust rejection of recent contentions that civilian morale fell a long way short of the favourable picture presented at the time and in hun...
| Основен автор: | Mackay, Robert, 1940- |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Manchester ; New York :
Manchester University Press : Distributed in the U.S.A. by Palgrave,
2002.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=126909 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Half the battle. |
Съдържание:
- CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1 War imagined; 2 War experienced: September 1939-May 1941; 3 War experienced: 1941-45; 4 Persuading the people; 5 Easing the strain; 6 Beveridge and all that; CONCLUSION The invisible chain; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.
- INTRODUCTION
- Part I.
- PROSPECT AND REALITY
- 1.
- War imagined
- The prospect of total war
- again
- A united nation?
- Preparing for the storm
- The view from below
- 2.
- War experienced: September 1939-May 1941
- The Phoney War
- The Emergency
- May-September 1940
- The Big Blitz
- 3.
- War experienced: 1941-45
- A different sort of war
- Separations
- Restrictions, restrictions
- Working and not working
- Part II.
- EXPLANATIONS
- 4.
- Persuading the people
- Controlling the news
- The propaganda of reassurance
- Stimulating patriotism
- 5.
- Easing the strain
- Protection
- Food
- The cost of living
- Working conditions
- Health
- Recreation and leisure
- Some essential inessentials
- 6.
- Beveridge and all that
- Thinking about the future
- The impact of Beveridge
- Another sign of things to come?
- CONCLUSION
- The invisible chain.