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Table of Contents

List of illustrations
List of abbreviations
Preface and acknowledgements
1. Introduction: contested histories
PART ONE: POLITICAL CHALLENGES
2. The People’s Army: competing visions of the Home Guard
3. Women, weapons and home defence
PART TWO: REPRESENTATIONS
4. The Home Guard in wartime popular culture
5. Representations of women and home defence
6. Dad's Army and Home Guard history
PART THREE: PERSONAL TESTIMONY
7. Men’s memories of the Home Guard
8. Women, memory and home defence
9. Conclusion
Appendix 1 Personal Testimony: Women
Appendix 2 Personal Testimony: Men
Bibliography

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      Book Synopsis


      Table of Contents

      List of illustrations
      List of abbreviations
      Preface and acknowledgements
      1. Introduction: contested histories
      PART ONE: POLITICAL CHALLENGES
      2. The People’s Army: competing visions of the Home Guard
      3. Women, weapons and home defence
      PART TWO: REPRESENTATIONS
      4. The Home Guard in wartime popular culture
      5. Representations of women and home defence
      6. Dad's Army and Home Guard history
      PART THREE: PERSONAL TESTIMONY
      7. Men’s memories of the Home Guard
      8. Women, memory and home defence
      9. Conclusion
      Appendix 1 Personal Testimony: Women
      Appendix 2 Personal Testimony: Men
      Bibliography

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