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02462aam a2200325Ia 4500 001 29F0937C596111E28EE4DFB6DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20130108010048 008 110313s2012 enka b 001 0 eng d 010 $a 2011278796 020 $a 1441131515 020 $a 9781441131515 035 $a (OCoLC)707329193 040 $a BTCTA $b eng $c BTCTA $d YDXCP $d UKMGB $d BDX $d NZWPM $d BWX $d OCLCO $d HLS $d VGM $d DLC $d CGU $d MUU $d VP@ $d IOG $d SILO 050 00 $a D756.5.B7 $b N67 2012 050 00 $a D756.5.B7 $b N67 2012 082 04 $a 940.54/211 $2 23 100 1 $a North, Richard. 245 14 $a The many not the few : $b the stolen history of the Battle of Britain / $c Richard North. 260 $a London ; $b Continuum, $c 2012. 300 $a xv, 435 p., [16] p. of plates : $b ill. ; $c 24 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 403-408) and index. 505 0 $a Acknowledgments -- Foreword / Christopher Booker -- Introduction -- Battle lines -- Let battle begin -- War of the people -- War and peace -- Closing the door -- War drums -- Eagle attack -- Redefining the war -- Countdown to the blitz -- Start of the blitz -- Rebellion -- Consequences -- Widening the war -- The battle won? -- To the victor the spoils -- Epilogue. 520 $a "Immortalised in Churchill's often quoted assertion that never before 'was so much owed by so many to so few', the top-down narrative of the Battle of Britain has been firmly established in British legend. Britain was saved from German invasion by the gallant band of Fighter Command Pilots in their Spitfires and Hurricanes, and the public owed them their freedom. Richard North's radical re-evaluation of the Battle of Britain dismantles this mythical retelling of events. Taking a wider perspective than the much-discussed air war, North takes a fresh look at the conflict as a whole to show that the civilian experience, far from being separate and distinct, was integral to the Battle. This recovery of the people's stolen history demonstrates that Hitler's aim was not the military conquest of England, and that his unattained target was the hearts and minds of British people."--Publisher's website. 650 0 $a Britain, Battle of, Great Britain, 1940. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Social aspects $z Great Britain. 941 $a 2 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826052924.0 952 $l OIAX792 $d 20130108010701.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=29F0937C596111E28EE4DFB6DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search