{"product_id":"creating-the-people-s-war-civil-defence-communities-in-second-world-war-britain-9781526162410","title":"Creating the People’s War: Civil Defence","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy has the ‘people’s war’ been such a durable and attractive myth? \u003ci\u003eCreating the people’s war \u003c\/i\u003eexamines how civil defence personnel engaged with this narrative during the war and in the following decades to answer this question. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCivil 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction                                                                                                \u003cbr\u003e1 Community                                                                                  \u003cbr\u003e2 The people’s war                                                                          \u003cbr\u003e3 Veterans                                                                                      \u003cbr\u003e4 Housewives                                                                        \u003cbr\u003e5 Adolescents                                                                       \u003cbr\u003e6 Lovers                                                                                \u003cbr\u003e7 Conscientious objectors                                                     \u003cbr\u003eConclusion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041027555671,"sku":"9781526162410","price":72.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781526162410.jpg?v=1750948660","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/creating-the-people-s-war-civil-defence-communities-in-second-world-war-britain-9781526162410","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}