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Seventy-five years after the Battle of Britain, the Few's role in preventing invasion continues to enjoy a revered place in popular memory. The Air Ministry were central to the Battle's valorisation. This book explores both this, and also the now forgotten 1940 Battle of the Barges mounted by RAF bombers.
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction
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Valorising and Thanksgiving
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Commemoration and Popular Memory
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Back Matter
Reviews
“Given the various commemorative activities that accompanied the recent seventy-fifth anniversary of the Battle of Britain, this is a timely volume by Garry Campion, one which develops further some of the issues and ideas he had previously explored in his widely (and rightly) praised 2009 work … . this is a fine contribution to Battle of Britain scholarship, and an important addition to on-going work examining the Second World War’s pervasive and persistent cultural legacy.” (Sam Edwards, War in History, Vol. 24 (4), 2017)
“This book provides a fascinating story and the various circumstances surrounding the famous Battle of Britain. … It also presents background materials in eight appendices to give readers a broader view. … This book is an interesting read. It contains many details, circumstances and backgrounds on various decisions, actions, influences, and postponements that have previously not been looked at, so it is valuable for those interested in British history.” (Sonu Chandiram, Biz India Reviews, bizindia.net, December 2015)
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Garry Campion teaches architectural conservation and history at the University of Northampton, UK, and has previously published The Good Fight: Battle of Britain Propaganda and the Few, also with Palgrave Macmillan in 2008, and again in paperback in 2010. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Battle of Britain, 1945-1965
Book Subtitle: The Air Ministry and the Few
Authors: Garry Campion
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137316264
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-28454-8Published: 05 October 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-57415-5Published: 20 November 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-31626-4Published: 06 October 2015
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: 366
Topics: History of Britain and Ireland, History of Military, History of World War II and the Holocaust, Modern History, Political Communication