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Record Nr.

UNINA9910806152303321

Titolo

Bombing, states and peoples in Western Europe, 1940-1945 / / edited by Claudia Baldoli, Andrew Knapp and Richard Overy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Continuum, 2011

ISBN

1-4411-8048-6

1-283-12966-3

9786613129666

1-4411-9803-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (374 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BaldoliClaudia

KnappAndrew

OveryR

Disciplina

940.54/4941

Soggetti

Bombings - Europe, Western - History

Escapes - Europe, Western - History - 20th century

World War, 1939-1945 - Aerial operations, British

World War, 1939-1945 - Underground movements

Europe, Western History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. States and peoples -- pt. 2. Cultural responses to bombing -- pt. 3. Society in the bombing war -- pt. 4. Friend or foe? : popular perceptions of bombing.

Sommario/riassunto

With Western Europe now at the heart of a united continent it is ever more difficult to explain how only 70 years ago European states destroyed much of the urban landscape from the air. There were many blitzes between 1940 and 1945 with an estimated 700,000 people killed. The purpose of this book is to provide the basis for a comparison of the experience of western states under the impact of bombing. In particular it considers the political, cultural and social responses to bombing rather than the military, strategic and social dimensions which have formed the core of the discussion hitherto.