Contesting Home Defence - Men, Women and the Home Guard in the Second World War (Hardcover)

Contesting home defence is a new history of the Home Guard, a novel national defence force of the Second World War composed of civilians who served as part-time soldiers: it questions accounts of the force and the war, which have seen them as symbols of national unity. It scrutinises the Home Guard's reputation and explores whether this 'people's army' was a site of social cohesion or of dissension by assessing the competing claims made for it at the time. It then examines the way it was represented during the war and has been since, notably in Dad's Army, and discusses the memories of men and women who served in it. The book makes a significant and original contribution to debates concerning the British home front and introduces fresh ways of understanding the Second World War. -- .

General

Imprint:	Manchester University Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cultural History of Modern War
Release date:	March 2007
First published:	2007
Authors:	Penny Summerfield • Corinna Peniston-Bird (Senior Lecturer in Gender and Cultural History)
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	328
ISBN-13:	978-0-7190-6201-8
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Oral history Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > War & defence operations > Battles & campaigns Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > Second World War Books > History > British & Irish history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > History > History of specific subjects > Oral history Books > History > World history > From 1900 > Second World War
LSN:	0-7190-6201-2
Barcode:	9780719062018

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