02782 am 22004573u 450 991032106030332120221206180332.01-911534-49-110.16997/book26(CKB)4100000008100556(OAPEN)1004949(WaSeSS)IndRDA00120576(EXLCZ)99410000000810055620200609d2019 uy 0engurmu#---auuuutxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe Blitz companion aerial warfare, civilians and the city since 1911 /Mark ClapsonLondon :University of Westminster Press,2019.1 online resource (316 pages) illustrations; PDF, digital file(s)Print version: 9781911534488 Includes bibliographical references and index.The Blitz Companion offers a unique overview of a century of aerial warfare, its impact on cities and the people who lived in them. It tells the story of aerial warfare from the earliest bombing raids and in World War 1 through to the London Blitz and Allied bombings of Europe and Japan. These are compared with more recent American air campaigns over Cambodia and Vietnam in the 1960s and 1970s, the NATO bombings during the Balkan Wars of the 1990s and subsequent bombings in the aftermath of 9/11. Beginning with the premonitions and predictions of air warfare and its terrible consequences, the book focuses on air raids precautions, evacuation and preparations for total war, and resilience, both of citizens and of cities. The legacies of air raids, from reconstruction to commemoration, are also discussed. While a key theme of the book is the futility of many air campaigns, care is taken to situate them in their historical context. The Blitz Companion also includes a guide to documentary and visual resources for students and general readers. Uniquely accessible, comparative and broad in scope this book draws key conclusions about civilian experience in the twentieth century and what these might mean for military engagement and civil reconstruction processes once conflicts have been resolved.Bombing, AerialHistory20th centuryAir warfareHistory20th centuryCivilians in warHistory20th centuryUrban warfareHistory20th centuryBombing, AerialHistoryAir warfareHistoryCivilians in warHistoryUrban warfareHistory940.544Clapson Mark866843WaSeSSWaSeSSBOOK9910321060303321The Blitz companion2010524UNINA