United in Discontent: Local Responses to Cosmopolitanism and Globalization

United in Discontent: Local Responses to Cosmopolitanism and Globalization
ISBN-10
1845456300
ISBN-13
9781845456306
Category
Bombing, Aerial
Pages
186
Language
English
Published
2010
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Author
Julia Suzanne Torrie

Description

"The early twentieth-century advent of aerial bombing made successful evacuations essential to any war effort, but ordinary people resented them deeply. Based on extensive archival research in Germany and France, this is the first broad, comparative study of civilian evacuations in Germany and France during World War II. The evidence uncovered exposes the complexities of an assumed monolithic and all-powerful Nazi state by showing that citizens' objections to evacuations, which were rooted in family concerns, forced changes in policy. Drawing attention to the interaction between the Germans and French throughout World War II, this book shows how policies in each country were shaped by events in the other. A truly cross-national comparison in a field dominated by accounts of one country or the other, this book provides a unique historical context for addressing current concerns about the impact of air raids and military occupations on civilians"--Page 4 of cover.

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