02507nam 2200601 a 450 991014692890332120200520144314.01-78170-014-11-280-73399-397866107339961-84779-020-81-4175-7476-3(CKB)1000000000030905(EBL)242635(OCoLC)437158001(SSID)ssj0000166908(PQKBManifestationID)11170907(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000166908(PQKBWorkID)10168734(PQKB)11295738(StDuBDS)EDZ0000086932(MiAaPQ)EBC242635(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/31758(EXLCZ)99100000000003090520020918d2002 uy 0engur|n#---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierHalf the battle civilian morale in Britain during the Second World War /Robert Mackay1st ed.Manchester ;New York Manchester University Press Distributed in the U.S.A. by Palgrave20021 online resource (vi, 282 pages) digital file(s)Description based upon print version of record.0-7190-5893-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-274) and index.Introduction --1. War imagined --2. War experienced: September 1939-May 1941 --3 .War experienced: 1941-45 --4. Persuading the people -- 5. Easing the strain --6. Beveridge and all that --Conclusion The invisible chain --Bibliography --Index.How well did civilian morale stand up to the pressure of total war and what factors were important to it? Rejecting contentions that morale fell short of the favourable picture presented during World War II and since, this work shows how government policies for maintaining morale were put in place.World War, 1939-1945Great BritainWorld War, 1939-1945Social aspectsGreat BritainGreat BritainSocial life and customs1918-1945World War, 1939-1945World War, 1939-1945Social aspects940.53/41Mackay Robert1940-767462MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910146928903321Half the battle1997282UNINA