| Description |
1 online resource (279 pages) |
| Contents |
"For Their Own Good"; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1: Preparing for Air War; Chapter 2: Order or Chaos?; Chapter 3: Organizing Evacuations; Chapter 4: Our Stay Gives Us No Pleasure; Chapter 5: If Only Family Unity Can Be Maintained; Chapter 6: On the Basis of Selection; Chapter 7: Responding to Chaos; Chapter 8: Evacuation's Aftermath; Notes; Note on Sources; Bibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-260) and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Evacuation of civilians -- Germany.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Evacuation of civilians -- France.
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Bombing, Aerial -- Social aspects -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
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Bombing, Aerial -- Social aspects -- France -- History -- 20th century.
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Germany -- History -- 1933-1945.
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France -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945.
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HISTORY -- Military -- World War II. |
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HISTORY -- Europe -- France. |
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Evacuation of civilians |
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France |
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Germany |
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World War (1939-1945) |
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German Occupation of France (France : 1940-1945) |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
History
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Torrie, Julia S. For Their Own Good : Civilian Evacuations in Germany and France, 1939-1945. New York : Berghahn Books, Inc., ©2010 9781845457259 |
| ISBN |
9781845458164 (electronic bk.) |
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1845458168 (electronic bk.) |
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1782383905 |
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9781782383901 |
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1845457250 |
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9781845457259 |
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9781845456306 (hbk. ; alk. paper) |
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1845456300 (hbk. ; alk. paper) |
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