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The Myth Of The Blitz (Paperback, New edition)
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The Myth Of The Blitz (Paperback, New edition)
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A radical historian looks at the accepted version of the
Anglo-German struggle in 1940-41, early in World War II: when
Britain survived air attack from hitherto victorious Germany, and
was not invaded after all. Calder shows how the myth was fostered,
points out some of the way in which it departs from actual past
facts, and concludes that its survival has done some real and
lasting good, by helping to break down class barriers: some of
which were shattered at the time. (Kirkus UK)
The Myth of the Blitz was nurtured at every level of society. It rested on the assumed invincibility of an island race distinguished by good humour, understatement and the ability to pluck victory from the jaws of defeat by team work, improvisation and muddling through. In fact, in many ways, the Blitz was not like that. Sixty-thousand people were conscientious objectors; Churchill and the royal family were booed while touring the aftermath of air raids; Britain was not bombed into classless society. Angus Calder provides a compelling examination of the events of 1940 and 1941 and of the myth which sustained Britain's 'finest hour'.
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