Why has the 'people's war' been such a durable and attractive myth? Creating the people's war examines how civil defence personnel engaged with this narrative during the war and in the following decades to answer this question. Civil defence was the most significant voluntary organisation of the Second World War, involving millions of men and women of every class, generation and locality in Britain. This book shows how local communities of civil defence personnel co-developed narratives about the value of their work which challenged hierarchies of war service. In their social groups volunteers wrote themselves into the 'people's war' and invested it with meaning, creating national identity from the bottom up. Community was both central to these representations and vital for their production.
| ISBN: | 9781526162410 |
| Publication date: | 2nd August 2022 |
| Author: | Jessica Hammett |
| Publisher: | Manchester University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 272 pages |
| Series: | Cultural History of Modern War |
| Genres: |
Social and cultural history Second World War Military history |
Why has the 'people's war' been such a durable and attractive myth? Creating the people's war examines how civil defence personnel engaged with this narrative during the war and in the following decades to answer this question. Civil defence was the most significant voluntary organisation of the Second World War, involving millions of men and women of every class, generation and locality in Britain. This book shows how local communities of civil defence personnel co-developed narratives about the value of their work which challenged hierarchies of war service. In their social groups volunteers wrote themselves into the 'people's war' and invested it with meaning, creating national identity from the bottom up. Community was both central to these representations and vital for their production.
Creating the People's War features in the following genres: Social and cultural history, Second World War, Military history
Creating the People's War is available in Hardback
Creating the People's War was written by Jessica Hammett and published by Manchester University Press
Creating the People's War has 272 pages
Yes it is part of Cultural History of Modern War series
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