Britain and 1940: History, Myth and Popular Memory

by Malcolm Smith and Malcolm Smith

Book Overview

1940 was the most significant year in European history this century. For Britain it was 'the finest hour', the beginning of the People's War. Britain and 1940 explores what the year meant for the people of Britain then and now.

Covering the pre-history of 1940 in Britain, Malcolm Smith explores the great fear that a second world war would perhaps mean the end of British civilization and charts the development of the myths of Dunkirk, the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 041524076X
• ISBN13: 9780415240765
• Release Date: December 2000
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.4" x 8.5"