| Contesting Home Defence: Men, Women and the Home Guard in the Second World War Contributor(s): Summerfield, Penny (Author), Peniston-Bird, Corinna (Author) |
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ISBN: 0719062020 ISBN-13: 9780719062025 Publisher: Manchester University Press OUR PRICE: $28.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2007 Annotation: "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. 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. |
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| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Great Britain - General - History | Military - World War Ii |
| Dewey: 940.541 |
| Physical Information: 1.06" H x 5.5" W x 8.44" (0.92 lbs) 328 pages |
