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Half the battle : civilian morale in Britain during the Second World War
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- Creator
- Robert Mackay
- Format
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press ; New York : Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave, 2002
- Physical Details
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- vi, 282 pages ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780719058936, 0719058937, 9780719058943, 0719058945
- OCLC
- ocm50695380
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [267]-274) and index.
- 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 -- 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