In Search of the Real Dad's Army: The Home Guard and the Defence of the United Kingdom 1940 - 1944

Cullen, Stephen

ISBN 10: 1473878225 / ISBN 13: 9781473878228

Published by Pen & Sword Military, 2016

About this Item

Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. An apparently unread copy in perfect condition. Dust cover is intact with no nicks or tears. Spine has no signs of creasing. Pages are clean and not marred by notes or folds of any kind.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: In Search of the Real Dad's Army: The Home Guard and the Defence of the United Kingdom 1940 - 1944
• Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1473878225
• ISBN 13: 9781473878228
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Like New
• Weight: 450 grams

About this title

Synopsis

By the summer of 1940 nearly a million and a half British men had joined the Local Defence Volunteers (LDV), a response to the very real threat of invasion by a rapidly advancing German Army. This book explores the LDVs transformation from an enthusiastic yet ill-equipped organisation into the capable Home Guard, which, as the threat of invasion receded, nevertheless became key to the UKs local defence strategy, as well as a means of combating the purported Fifth Column. Off-mint.

About the Author

After studying at the universities of Edinburgh and Oxford, Dr Stephen M. Cullen taught economics, history and politics at independent schools. He has published many papers, articles and reports on twentieth-century history, in particular on the world wars, fascism and the Home Guard. His books include The Last Capitalist: A Dream of a New Utopia, Children in Society: A Libertarian Critique, Cohort of the Damned: Armed Collaboration in Wartime France - The Milice Francaise and Home Guard Socialism: A Vision of a People's Army.