{"product_id":"bombing-states-and-peoples-in-western-europe-19401945-9781441185686","title":"Bombing States and Peoples in Western Europe 19401945","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eClaudia Baldoli is Senior Lecturer in Modern European History at Newcastle University, UK. \u003cbr\u003eAndrew Knapp is Professor of French Politics and Contemporary History at the University of Reading, UK.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe high value [of this collection] comes from its clear division into four major chapters, which include highly empirical and analytical contributions, as well as the concise and readable introduction . . . In \u003ci\u003eBombing, States and Peoples in Western Europe 1940–1945\u003c\/i\u003e, the editors have presented a cross-section of recent research into the “air war”, which will be useful to anyone in the academic sector. -- Jörg Arnold, University of Nottingham * H-Soz-u-Kult (Bloomsbury translation) *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: The European Blitz; Part I: Bombing, States and Peoples; 1. Shelter Policy in Britain and Germany; 2. Life Under the Blackout in Britain and Germany; 3. Evacuation in Italy during WWII: Evolution and Management; 4. \"Relieving sorrow and misfortune\"? State, Charity and Ideology; Part II: Cultural Responses to Bombing; 5. The defence of artwork in Italy during WWII; 6. 'I feared\/The photograph my skull would take': Bombs, Time and Photography in British and German WWII Literature; 7. Religion and Bombing in Italy, 1940-1945; 8. \"Defend us from All Perils of This Night\": Coping with Bombing in Britain, 1940-1945; Part III: Society under the Bombs; 9. The Direct and Indirect Effects of Allied Bombing on Civil Life in Germany, 1940-1945; 10. Post-bombing Evacuation and Social Solidarity in Wartime France; 11. Death and Survival under the Bombs: City and Country in Italy between Strategic and Tactical Bombing 1940-1944; 12. The Blitz Experience: British Society 1940-1941; Part IV Friend or Foe? Perception of the Bombers; 13. Anglo-American Air Attacks and the Rebirth of Public Opinion in Fascist Italy; 14. Muted Applause? British POWs as Observers and Victims of the Allied Bombing Campaign over Germany; 15. Criminals or Liberators? French Opinion and Allied Bombing of France, 1940-1945; 16 Newsreels and Bombing in WWII; Afterword: Bombing and the Human Rights Regime; List of Contributors; Notes; Bibliography; Index.","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769652773207,"sku":"9781441185686","price":34.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781441185686.jpg?v=1758722063","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/bombing-states-and-peoples-in-western-europe-19401945-9781441185686","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}