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In search of the real Dad's Army ; the Home Guard and the defence of the United Kingdom
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Cullen, Stephen Michael (2016) In search of the real Dad's Army ; the Home Guard and the defence of the United Kingdom. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Military . ISBN 9781473878228
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Abstract
What was the Home Guard? Who were the men and women who served in it? And what can be said of their real role and significance once the popular myths have been stripped away?
Despite the fame of the Home Guard – of Dad's Army – the true story of this wartime organization tends to be neglected. The myths obscure the reality. Stephen Cullen's aim in this thoroughgoing new study is to cut through the misunderstandings in order to reassess the Home Guard and its contribution to Britain's war effort – and to deepen our understanding of the men and women who were members of it.
He sets the Home Guard in the long historical context of domestic defence planning, then focuses on the preparations made before the outbreak of the Second World War. In detail he traces the changing role of the Home Guard during its wartime existence as it adapted to meet the multitude of challenges it faced – from civil defence and intelligence gathering to training for guerrilla warfare.
Item Type: | Book | ||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Educational Development, Appraisal and Research (CEDAR) | ||||
Publisher: | Pen & Sword Military | ||||
Place of Publication: | Barnsley | ||||
ISBN: | 9781473878228 | ||||
Official Date: | January 2016 | ||||
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Number of Pages: | 256 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
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