Contesting home defence by Penny Summerfield
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
Penny Summerfield is Professor of Modern History at the University of Manchester. Corinna Peniston-Bird is Lecturer in History at the University of Lancaster
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| ISBN 13 | 9780719062025 |
| ISBN 10 | 0719062020 |
| Title | Contesting home defence |
| Author | Penny Summerfield |
| Series | Cultural History Of Modern War |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Manchester University Press |
| Year published | 2007-03-31 |
| Number of pages | 328 |
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