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The Battle of Britain in the Modern Age, 1965–2020: The State’s Retreat and Popular Enchantment

Autor Garry Campion
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 8 oct 2020
The Battle of Britain has held an enchanted place in British popular history and memory throughout the modern era. Its transition from history to heritage since 1965 confirms that the 1940 narrative shaped by the State has been sustained by historians, the media, popular culture, and through non-governmental heritage sites, often with financing from the National Lottery Heritage Lottery Fund. Garry Campion evaluates the Battle’s revered place in British society and its influence on national identity, considering its historiography and revisionism; the postwar lives of the Few, their leaders and memorialization; its depictions on screen and in commercial products; the RAF Museum’s Battle of Britain Hall; third-sector heritage attractions; and finally, fighter airfields, including RAF Hawkinge as a case study. A follow-up to Campion’s The Battle of Britain, 1945–1965 (Palgrave, 2015), this book offers an engaging, accessible study of the Battle’s afterlives in scholarship, memorialization, and popular culture.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9783030261122
ISBN-10: 3030261123
Pagini: 369
Ilustrații: XXVIII, 369 p. 30 illus.
Dimensiuni: 148 x 210 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.52 kg
Ediția:1st ed. 2019
Editura: Springer International Publishing
Colecția Palgrave Macmillan
Locul publicării:Cham, Switzerland

Cuprins

1. The Longest Enchantment?: The Battle of Britain in Society and Culture, 1965–2020.- 2. The Narrow Margin: The Battle of Britain in History, 1965–2020.- 3. An Exceptional Few: Leaders, Heroes and their Memorialization.- 4. A Piece of Cake: Consuming the Battle of Britain.- 5. The State’s Retreat?: The RAF Museum and the Battle of Britain Hall, 1978–2016.- 6. Spitfire Summer: Museums and Heritage Sites.- 7. An Enduring Legacy?: Battle of Britain Airfields.

Notă biografică

Garry Campion is the author of The Good Fight: Battle of Britain Propaganda and The Few (Palgrave, 2008), and The Battle of Britain, 1945–1965: The Air Ministry and the Few (Palgrave, 2015). He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and a member of the British Commission for Military History.

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The Battle of Britain has held an enchanted place in British popular history and memory throughout the modern era. Its transition from history to heritage since 1965 confirms that the 1940 narrative shaped by the State has been sustained by historians, the media, popular culture, and through non-governmental heritage sites, often with financing from the National Lottery Heritage Lottery Fund. Garry Campion evaluates the Battle’s revered place in British society and its influence on national identity, considering its historiography and revisionism; the postwar lives of the Few, their leaders and memorialization; its depictions on screen and in commercial products; the RAF Museum’s Battle of Britain Hall; third-sector heritage attractions; and finally, fighter airfields, including RAF Hawkinge as a case study. A follow-up to Campion’s The Battle of Britain, 1945–1965 (Palgrave, 2015), this book offers an engaging, accessible study of the Battle’s afterlives in scholarship, memorialization, and popular culture.

Caracteristici

Assesses the afterlives of the Battle of Britain in British popular history and memory since 1965 Analyzes how the Battle has been memorialized and commodified in media, popular culture, historiography, and heritage sites Appeals to scholars and readers interested in military history, the history of World War II, and modern British history