French Children Under the Allied Bombs, 1940-45 - An Oral History

Informationen zum Autor Lindsey Dodd is Senior Lecturer in Modern European History at the University of Huddersfield Klappentext Provides a unique perspective on the Allied bombing of France during the Second World War which killed around 57,000 French civilians. Using oral history and archival research, it provides an insight into children's wartime lives in which bombing often featured prominently, even though it has slipped out of French collective memory. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction1. Telling storiesPart I: Expecting bombing2. Expecting war3. Preparing for bombsPart II: Experiencing bombing4. Being bombed5. An evolving response6. In the aftermath7. The consequences of bombingPart III: Explaining bombing8. Explaining bombing to the public9. Explaining bombing to children10. Friends, enemies and the wider warEvaluating bombing: a conclusionIndex

Product details

• Authors: Lindsey Dodd
• Assisted by: Peter Gatrell (Editor), Penny Summerfield (Editor), Bertrand Taithe (Editor)
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.06.2016
• EAN: 9780719097041
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-9704-1
• No. of pages: 280
• Dimensions: 143 mm x 223 mm x 23 mm
• Series: Cultural History of Modern War; Cultural History of Modern War
• Subject: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous