Contesting Home Defence Men Women and the Home Guard in the Second World War 1st Edition by Corinna Peniston Bird, Penny Summerfield, Bertrand Taithe, Peter Gatrell, Max Jones, Ana Carden Coyne ISBN 1847791549 9781847791542

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ISBN 10: 1847791549
ISBN 13: 9781847791542
Author: Corinna Peniston Bird, Penny Summerfield, Bertrand Taithe, Peter Gatrell, Max Jones, Ana Carden Coyne

Contesting home defence is a new history of the Home Guard, a novel national defence force of the Second World War composed of civilians who served as part-time soldiers: it questions accounts of the force and the war, which have seen them as symbols of national unity.

It scrutinises the Home Guard’s reputation and explores whether this ‘people’s army’ was a site of social cohesion or of dissension by assessing the competing claims made for it at the time. It then examines the way it was represented during the war and has been since, notably in Dad’s Army, and discusses the memories of men and women who served in it.

The book makes a significant and original contribution to debates concerning the British home front and introduces fresh ways of understanding the Second World War

Contesting Home Defence Men Women and the Home Guard in the Second World War 1st Table of contents:

Chapter 1: The Origins and Purpose of the Home Guard

• Formation and Early Challenges

• Recruitment and Mobilisation

• Public Perceptions

Chapter 2: Men and Masculinity in the Home Guard

• Roles and Identities

• Training and Discipline

• The Home Guard and Military Culture

Chapter 3: Women and the Home Front

• Women’s Roles in Home Defence

• Auxiliary Services and Volunteering

• Gendered Divisions of Labour

Chapter 4: Contesting Authority and Control

• Tensions Between Regular Forces and the Home Guard

• Internal Conflicts and Discipline Issues

• Civilian-Military Relations

Chapter 5: The Home Guard in Community and Memory

• Social Dynamics and Local Impact

• Post-War Representations

• Legacy and Historical Debate

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