{"product_id":"9781526162410","title":"Creating the people's war","description":"Author: Jessica Hammett\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781526162410\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Manchester University Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 02 Aug 2022\u003cbr\u003ePages: 272 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhy has the 'people's war' been such a durable and attractive myth? \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCreating the people's war \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eexamines how civil defence personnel engaged with this narrative during the war and in the following decades to answer this question.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Civil defence was the most significant voluntary organisation of the Second World War, involving millions of men and women of every class, generation and locality in Britain. This book shows how local communities of civil defence personnel co-developed narratives about the value of their work which challenged hierarchies of war service. In their social groups volunteers wrote themselves into the 'people's war' and invested it with meaning, creating national identity from the bottom up. Community was both central to these representations and vital for their production.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47920526622878,"sku":"ING-9781526162410","price":183.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781526162410.jpg?v=1782823134","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781526162410","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}