With the onslaught on Britain's major cities which began in September 1940, the Nazis aimed to break morale and to destroy the country's capacity to wage war. Using evidence from a range of public and private documents, Juliet Gardiner shows how the attacks instead engendered a stubborn resolve in the British populace and prompted them to develop innovative survival strategies. But her history does not ignore the darker underside of the Blitz, from official incompetence and mismanagement to outright profiteering and crime.

The Blitz: The British Under Attack

History

Juliet Gardiner

Europe

UK General Books

J.B. Priestley famously described the 'three Englands' he saw in the 1930s: Old England; nineteenth-century England and the new, post-war England. Thirties Britain was, indeed, a world of contrasts, ultimately torn between the image of a nation rendered hopeless by the Depression, unemployment and international tensions, and that of a Britain of complacent suburban home-owners with a baby Austin in every garage.Now Juliet Gardiner, acclaimed author of the award-winning 'Wartime', provides a fresh perspective on that restless, uncertain, ambitious decade, bringing the complex experience of thirties Britain alive through newspapers, magazines, memoirs, letters, diaries and interviews.Gardiner captures the essence of a people part-mesmerised by 'modernism' in architecture, art, in the proliferation of 'dream palaces', the insistence on fitness and fresh air, the obsession with speed, the growth and regimentation of leisure, the democratisation of the countryside, the celebration of elegance, glamour and sensation. Yet, at the same time, this was a nation imbued with a pervasive awareness of loss - of Britain's influence in the world, of accepted political, social and cultural signposts and finally, of peace itself.

The Thirties: An Intimate History

HarperCollins, Publishers

`An accomplished and intensely evocative memoir ... A journey of courage and determination ... Joining the Dots ... will become in time an integral part of our understanding of postwar Britain' Daniel Kynaston, Books of the Year, Observer How has Britain changed - politically, economically, socially and culturally - in the postwar era? Both lyrical and personal, social historian Juliet Gardiner's memoir Joining the Dots is the accessible and empowering living history of a mid-twentieth-century woman who grew into a world so different from the one she was born into. The book is also a wider study of class, sexual choice, motherhood and marriage, feminism, family planning and professional ambition. An essential read for anyone interested in gender equality and modern history.

Joining the Dots

William Collins

Published in association with the Imperial War Museum, to coincide with their major exhibition, and including an introduction by Jilly Cooper. From the First World War to the present day, animals have played a key part in warfare - and many have suffered and died as a result. Juliet Gardiner's book is a moving tribute to their efforts and sacrifice - illustrated with hundreds of evocative photographs and paintings. Many different animals have played a role on the battlefield - horses and mules carrying supplies and munitions; dogs, like Buster in Iraq, seeking out ammo dumps; canaries trained by tunnellers to detect gas; carrier pigeons sending messages, like Gustav who flew back with the first reports of the D-Day landings; camels used in the Arab Revolt in the First World War; and dolphins trained to protect submarines.

The Animals' War

Portrait

"War on the Home Front" takes you through the many facets of wartime Britain: from the Phoney War to the devastation of the Blitz; from the Home Guard and the Land Girls to the invasion of the Channel Islands and from evacuation and rationing to code-breaking and the eventual victory celebrations. With 100 illustrations and 10 removable documents, it offers a unique perspective of the era.

War on the Home Front: Experience Life in Britain During the Second World War

Carlton Publishing Group

The "peaceful invasion" of Britain by GIs began in January 1942. Soon the Yanks were everywhere, complaining about Britain's warm beer and cold weather, teaching British girls to jitterbug, and spending their money freely - giving rise to the popular phrase "overpaid, over-sexed and over here". But the GIs had come to fight; the 8th Air Force flew perilous daytime bombing raids deep into Germany, and US troops fought a desperate D-Day battle on the beaches of France. 50 years on, this is the story of those wartime years, in pictures and in the words of the GIs who came and the British people who made them welcome - most of the time.

Over Here: The GIs in Wartime Britain

Reference

Foreign Language Study & Reference

Collins & Brown Limited

The character of history, and the teaching of history in schools, colleges and universities, is a matter of concern and debate in Britain today. The controversy has been sharpened by the Government's decision to introduce a standardized National Curriculum for schools throughout the United Kingdom. The question of what history to teach and how to teach it has become a battleground and focused attention on important issues concerning the utility of history and its place in the nation's culture. These matters are addressed in this book by historians who grapple daily with the ways in which the past is reconstructed and passed on to future generations. The contributors are G.R.Elton, Roy Porter, Keith Robbins, William Lamont, J.C.D.Clark, Conrad Russell, Janet L.Nelson, Asa Briggs, Raphael Samuel, F.M.L.Samuel, P.J.Marshall, John Morrill, Michael Hunter, Alice Prochaska, Robert Thorne and Gordon Marsden. The book is intended for history students, teachers, parents and anyone else who is aware of the importance of the debate. Juliet Gardiner edited "What is History Today?", was for four years editor of "History Today" and reviews history for leading newspapers and periodicals.

The History Debate

COLLINS BROWN

The full spectrum of British history is captured in over 4500 entries, which include biographies of the people who have shaped history and entries on places, events, definitions, concepts and controversies.

The History today companion to British history

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The Blitz: The British Under Attack

The Thirties: An Intimate History

Joining the Dots

The Animals' War

War on the Home Front: Experience Life in Britain During the Second World War

War on the Home Front: Experience Life in Britain During the Second World War

Over Here: The GIs in Wartime Britain

The History Debate

The History today companion to British history