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9780719062025

Contesting home defence Men, women and the Home Guard in the Second World War

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  • ISBN13:

    9780719062025

  • ISBN10:

    0719062020

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2007-03-31
  • Publisher: Manchester University Press

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Summary

Contesting Home Defenceis a new history of the Home Guard, a novel national defence force of the Second World War composed of civilians who served as part-time soldiers: it questions accounts of the force and the war, which have seen them as symbols of national unity. The book makes a significant and original contribution to debates concerning the British home front and introduces fresh ways of understanding the Second World War.

Author Biography

Penny Summerfield is Professor of Modern History at the University of Manchester. Corinna Peniston-Bird is Lecturer in History at the University of Lancaster.

Table of Contents

List of illustrations
List of abbreviations
Preface and acknowledgements
Introduction: contested histories
Political Challenges
The People’s Army: competing visions of the Home Guard
Women, weapons and home defence
Representations
The Home Guard in wartime popular culture
Representations of women and home defence
Dad's Army and Home Guard history
Personal Testimony
Men’s memories of the Home Guard
Women, memory and home defence
Conclusion
Personal Testimony: Women
Personal Testimony: Men
Bibliography
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