Title The coming of the aerial war : culture and the fear of airborne attack in inter-war Britain / Michele Haapamäki

Published London : I.B. Tauris, 2013

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Description 1 online resource Series International library of twentieth century history Contents Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I; 1. Situating Moods â#x80;#x93; Aviation Enthusiasts and Fear; 2. Anticipating New Weapons and Theorizing Aerial Warfare; 3. â#x80;#x98;The Dew of Deathâ#x80;#x99; â#x80;#x93; Duelling Perspectives on Poison Gas; 4. C.G. Grey and J.B.S. Haldane â#x80;#x93; Two Professional Men, Two Ideologies; 5. The Psychology of the Terror Victim in Spain â#x80;#x93; Morale and Defiance; Part II; 6. Criticism from the Left â#x80;#x93; Gas Masks, Refuge Rooms, and Deep Shelters; 7. Terror from the Skies â#x80;#x93; Wartime and the Challenge to Civil Liberties 8. Britishness â#x80;#x93; Civilians on the Home Front and National Identity9. Architecture and Idealism â#x80;#x93; The Finsbury Deep Shelter Project; 10. Dissent, Patriotism and the Final Showdown over Deep Shelter Policy; Conclusions: Violence and Terror â#x80;#x93; Reflections on Perpetual Fears; Notes; Bibliography; Back Cover Subject Bombing, Aerial -- Social aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century Civil defense -- Social aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century Air defenses -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century Air warfare -- History -- 20th century Aeronautics -- History -- 20th century TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Military Science Aeronautics Air defenses Air warfare Civil defense -- Social aspects Social conditions SUBJECT Great Britain -- History, Military -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056842 Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 1918-1945 Subject Great Britain Genre/Form History Military history Form Electronic book ISBN 9780857735843 0857735845

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