Contesting Home Defence

Informationen zum Autor Penny Summerfield is Professor of Modern History at the University of ManchesterPenny Summerfield is Professor of Women's History at Manchester University Klappentext Contesting home defence is a new history of the Home Guard, a novel national defence force of the Second World War composed of civilians who served as part-time soldiers: it questions accounts of the force and the war, which have seen them as symbols of national unity. It scrutinises the Home Guard's reputation and explores whether this 'people's army' was a site of social cohesion or of dissension by assessing the competing claims made for it at the time. It then examines the way it was represented during the war and has been since, notably in Dad's Army, and discusses the memories of men and women who served in it. The book makes a significant and original contribution to debates concerning the British home front and introduces fresh ways of understanding the Second World War. Zusammenfassung Offering a new contribution to debates about the British home front in WWII! this book addresses the way the Home Guard has been remembered in popular culture through examination of key films! as well as TV's Dad's Army. The authors also explore the personal memories of individuals who served in the Home Guard. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of illustrationsList of abbreviationsPreface and acknowledgements1. Introduction: contested historiesPART ONE: POLITICAL CHALLENGES2. The People's Army: competing visions of the Home Guard3. Women, weapons and home defencePART TWO: REPRESENTATIONS4. The Home Guard in wartime popular culture5. Representations of women and home defence6. Dad's Army and Home Guard historyPART THREE: PERSONAL TESTIMONY7. Men's memories of the Home Guard8. Women, memory and home defence9. ConclusionAppendix 1 Personal Testimony: WomenAppendix 2 Personal Testimony: MenBibliography

Klappentext
Contesting home defence is a new history of the Home Guard, a novel national defence force of the Second World War composed of civilians who served as part-time soldiers: it questions accounts of the force and the war, which have seen them as symbols of national unity. It scrutinises the Home Guard's reputation and explores whether this 'people's army' was a site of social cohesion or of dissension by assessing the competing claims made for it at the time. It then examines the way it was represented during the war and has been since, notably in Dad's Army, and discusses the memories of men and women who served in it. The book makes a significant and original contribution to debates concerning the British home front and introduces fresh ways of understanding the Second World War.

Inhalt
List of illustrations List of abbreviations Preface and acknowledgements 1. Introduction: contested histories PART ONE: POLITICAL CHALLENGES 2. The People's Army: competing visions of the Home Guard 3. Women, weapons and home defence PART TWO: REPRESENTATIONS 4. The Home Guard in wartime popular culture 5. Representations of women and home defence 6. Dad's Army and Home Guard history PART THREE: PERSONAL TESTIMONY 7. Men's memories of the Home Guard 8. Women, memory and home defence 9. Conclusion Appendix 1 Personal Testimony: Women Appendix 2 Personal Testimony: Men Bibliography

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