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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Mackay, Robert, 1940- Half the battle. Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press : Distributed in the U.S.A. by Palgrave, 2002 (OCoLC)606928479 |
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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Robert Mackay |
| ISBN: | 0719058937 9780719058936 0719058945 9780719058943 |
| OCLC Number: | 50695380 |
| Description: | vi, 282 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Contents: | Prospect and Reality -- War imagined -- The prospect of total war--again -- A united nation? -- Preparing for the storm -- The view from below -- War experienced: September 1939-May 1941 -- The Phoney War -- The Emergency--May-September 1940 -- The Big Blitz -- War experienced: 1941-45 -- A different sort of war -- Separations -- Restrictions, restrictions -- Working and not working -- Explanations -- Persuading the people -- Controlling the news -- The propaganda of reassurance -- Stimulating patriotism -- Easing the strain -- Protection -- Food -- The cost of living -- Working conditions -- Health -- Recreation and leisure -- Some essential inessentials -- Beveridge and all that -- Thinking about the future -- The impact of Beveridge -- Another sign of things to come? -- Conclusion: The invisible chain. |
| Responsibility: | Robert Mackay. |
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