Bombing, States and Peoples in Western Europe 1940-1945

ISBN-13: 9781441185686 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 376 str.

Richard Overy

Opis

Aims to treat bombing during WWII as a European phenomenon and not just the 'Blitz' on Britain and Germany. This book provides the basis for a comparison of the experience of western states under the impact of bombing. It considers the political, cultural, and social responses to bombing rather than the military, strategic, and social dimensions.

Recenzje

The high value [of this collection] comes from its clear division into four major chapters, which include highly empirical and analytical contributions, as well as the concise and readable introduction . . . In Bombing, States and Peoples in Western Europe 1940-1945, the editors have presented a cross-section of recent research into the "air war", which will be useful to anyone in the academic sector. Jörg Arnold, University of Nottingham H-Soz-u-Kult (Bloomsbury translation) 20131210

Spis treści

Preface and Acknowledgements \ List of Illustrations \ Introduction: Bombing, States and Peoples in Western Europe, 1940-1945 Richard Overy \ Part I: States and Peoples \ 1. Wartime Societies and Shelter Politics in Germany and Britain Dietmar Suess \ 2. The Blackout and the Idea of Community&<60;in Britain and Germany Marc Wiggam \ 3. Evacuation in Italy during the Second World War: Evolution and Management Elena Cortesi \ 4.'Relieving Sorrow and Misfortune'? State, Charity, Ideology and Aid in Bombed-out France Lindsey Dodd \ Part II: Cultural Responses to Bombing \ 5. The Defence of Artwork from Bombing in Italy during the Second World War Marta Nezzo \ 6. 'I Feared/The Photograph my Skull would Take': Bombs, Time and Photography in British and German Second World War Literature Lara Feigel \ 7. Religion and Bombing in Italy, 1940-1945 Claudia Baldoli \ 8. 'Defend us from All Perils of This Night': Coping with Bombing in Britain, 1940-1945 Vanessa Chambers \ Part III: Society in the Bombing War \ 9. The Blitz Experience: British Society 1940-41 Juliet Gardiner \ 10. The Allied Air War and German Society Stephan Glienke \ 11. Orchestrated Solidarity: The Allied Air War in France and the Development of Local and State-Organized Solidarity Movements Michael Schmiedel \ 12. Death and Survival under the Bombs: City and Country in Italy between Strategic and Tactical Bombing 1940-1944 Gabriella Gribaudi \ Part IV Friend or Foe? Popular Perceptions of Bombing \ 13. Anglo-American Air Attacks and the Rebirth of Public Opinion in Fascist Italy Marco Fincardi \ 14. Muted Applause? British Prisoners-of-War as Observers and Victims of the Allied Bombing Campaign over Germany Neville Wylie \ 15. Criminals or Liberators? French Opinion and Allied Bombing of France, 1940-1945 Simon Kitson \ 16. A Comparative Approach to Newsreels and Bombing in the Second World War: Britain, France, Germany Olivier Dumoulin \ Postscript \ Chapter 17. From War Talk to Rights Talk: Exile Politics, Aerial Bombardment and the Construction of the Human Rights Project during the Second World War Jay Winter&<60;\ Editors and Contributors \ Select Bibliography \ Notes \ Index

O autorze

CLAUDIA BALDOLI is Lecturer in History at the University of Newcastle, UK. Andrew Knapp is Professor of French Politics and Contemporary History at the University of Reading, UK. Richard Overy is Professor of History at the University of Exeter. He has published more than 25 books on the history of air power, the Second World War and the European dictatorships. His most recent books include The Morbid Age: Britain and the Crisis of Civilisation 1919-1919(2009) and 1939: Countdown to War (2009). He was the winner of the Wolfson Prize for history in 2004 and in 2010 was awarded the James Doolittle Award for his contributions to aviation history. He is a Fellow of the British Academy.