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Autore |
Torrie Julia S |
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Titolo |
''for Their Own Good'' [[electronic resource] ] : Civilian Evacuations in Germany and France, 1939-1945 |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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New York, NY, : Berghahn Books, 2014 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (280 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Bombing, Aerial -- Social aspects -- Germany -- History -- 20th century |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Evacuation of civilians -- France |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Evacuation of civilians -- Germany |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Illustrations; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Notes; Note on Sources; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The early twentieth-century advent of aerial bombing made successful evacuations essential to any war effort, but ordinary people resented them deeply. Based on extensive archival research in Germany and France, this is the first broad, comparative study of civilian evacuations in Germany and France during World War II. The evidence uncovered exposes the complexities of an assumed monolithic and all-powerful Nazi state by showing that citizens' objections to evacuations, which were rooted in family concerns, forced changes in policy. Drawing attention to the interaction between the Germans |
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