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oapen-20.500.12657-251442021-11-10T07:58:24Z The Blitz Companion Clapson, Mark Blitz aerial warfare air raids and civilians Second World War bombing commemoration bic Book Industry Communication::A The arts::AM Architecture::AMG Public buildings: civic, commercial, industrial, etc::AMGD Memorials, monuments bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBW Military history bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFF Social issues & processes::JFFG Disability: social aspects bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JW Warfare & defence::JWG Air forces & warfare bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JW Warfare & defence::JWK Defence strategy, planning & research::JWKW Civil defence The Blitz Companion offers a unique overview of a century of aerial warfare, its impact on cities and the people who lived in them. It tells the story of aerial warfare from the earliest bombing raids and in World War 1 through to the London Blitz and Allied bombings of Europe and Japan. These are compared with more recent American air campaigns over Cambodia and Vietnam in the 1960s and 1970s, the NATO bombings during the Balkan Wars of the 1990s and subsequent bombings in the aftermath of 9/11. Beginning with the premonitions and predictions of air warfare and its terrible consequences, the book focuses on air raids precautions, evacuation and preparations for total war, and resilience, both of citizens and of cities. The legacies of air raids, from reconstruction to commemoration, are also discussed. While a key theme of the book is the futility of many air campaigns, care is taken to situate them in their historical context. The Blitz Companion also includes a guide to documentary and visual resources for students and general readers. Uniquely accessible, comparative and broad in scope this book draws key conclusions about civilian experience in the twentieth century and what these might mean for military engagement and civil reconstruction processes once conflicts have been resolved. 2019-05-13 11:18:08 2020-04-01T10:28:02Z 2020-04-01T10:28:02Z 2019 book 1004949 OCN: 1105793550 9781911534488; 9781911534501; 9781911534518 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/25144 eng application/pdf n/a the-blitz-companion.pdf University of Westminster Press 10.16997/book26 10.16997/book26 2725c638-53f3-4872-9824-99c3555366f3 9e6c8be9-9f16-4ab9-a630-f368a5b55dc1 9781911534488; 9781911534501; 9781911534518 316 London University of Westminster open access
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The Blitz Companion offers a unique overview of a century of aerial warfare, its impact on cities and the people who lived in them. It tells the story of aerial warfare from the earliest bombing raids and in World War 1 through to the London Blitz and Allied bombings of Europe and Japan. These are compared with more recent American air campaigns over Cambodia and Vietnam in the 1960s and 1970s, the NATO bombings during the Balkan Wars of the 1990s and subsequent bombings in the aftermath of 9/11. Beginning with the premonitions and predictions of air warfare and its terrible consequences, the book focuses on air raids precautions, evacuation and preparations for total war, and resilience, both of citizens and of cities. The legacies of air raids, from reconstruction to commemoration, are also discussed. While a key theme of the book is the futility of many air campaigns, care is taken to situate them in their historical context. The Blitz Companion also includes a guide to documentary and visual resources for students and general readers. Uniquely accessible, comparative and broad in scope this book draws key conclusions about civilian experience in the twentieth century and what these might mean for military engagement and civil reconstruction processes once conflicts have been resolved.
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