Half the battle: Civilian Morale in Britain During the Second World War

Robert Mackay

Open Access Published by Manchester University Press 2003

Half the battle

Civilian Morale in Britain During the Second World War

Robert Mackay

https://doi.org/10.7765/9781526137425

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How well did civilian morale stand up to the pressure of total war and what factors were important to it? Rejecting contentions that morale fell short of the favourable picture presented during World War II and since, this work shows how government policies for maintaining morale were put in place.

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Front matter Robert Mackay Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Robert Mackay Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Introduction Robert Mackay Open Access Download PDF	1
Part I Prospect and Reality
1 War imagined Robert Mackay Open Access Download PDF	17
2 War experienced: September 1939–May 1941 Robert Mackay Open Access Download PDF	45
3 War experienced: 1941-45 Robert Mackay Open Access Download PDF	91
Part II Explanations
4 Persuading the people Robert Mackay Open Access Download PDF	141
5 Easing the strain Robert Mackay Open Access Download PDF	186
6 Beveridge and all that Robert Mackay Open Access Download PDF	221
Conclusion The invisible chain Robert Mackay Open Access Download PDF	248
Bibliography Robert Mackay Open Access Download PDF	267
Index Robert Mackay Open Access Download PDF	275

Language: English
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Audience: General/trade;
Pages
- Main content: 288
Keywords: civilian morale; total war; panic; defeatism; ration-cheating; black-marketeering; air raids; government policies; patriotic feeling; nation

eBook

Published: July 30, 2018
ISBN: 9781526137425