Menu
At home and under fire : air raids and culture in Britain from the Great War to the Blitz
Enlarge

At home and under fire : air raids and culture in Britain from the Great War to the Blitz

Susan R. Grayzel

Publication Data

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 at 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.

Topics

Catalogue Data

ISBD

Buy a copy

OBNB doesn't sell books, but you may be able to find a copy at one of these websites:

At home and under fire : air raids and culture in Britain from the Great War to the Blitz by Susan R. Grayzel. ISBN 9780521874946. Published by Cambridge University Press in 2011. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.

obnb.uk is a Good Stuff website.