The Home Guard ' a Military and Political History'

by S.P. MacKenzie

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The extraordinarily popular British television program "Dad's Army" suggests that Britain's Home Guard during the Second World War was home to charming incompetence and lighthearted buffoonery. In 1940, however, the threat of a German invasion of Britain appeared very real. S. P. MacKenzie's detailed and readable history of the Home Guard offers a new perspective on the men who took up the challenge. Despite its popular image of old men and teenagers...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0198205775

ISBN13:9780198205777

Release Date:July 1995

Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA

Length:276 Pages

Weight:1.50 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 6.5" x 9.5"

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