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HYLTON, STUART: : THEIR DARKEST HOUR: THE HIDDEN HISTORY OF THE HOME FRONT 1939-1945

UK,STROUD,GLOS.SUTTON PUBLISHING LIMITED,2001.

ISBN 0750925221.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE+/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,glossy laminated,monochrome photographic illustrated dw/dj,with grey+ b/w lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges slightly aged/toned - as usual/normal - but bright and clean; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unead? Bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain black cloth boards,with bright,crisp, blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip,and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,viiipp+2-183pp [paginated] includes an author's introduction,10 chapters,16pp contemporary b/w photographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece, between pp56/7 and pp120/1 respectively,a biblio and an index.Plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication and contents list/table. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional for a book of it's age, and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation. The popular image of the Home Front in WW2 is of cheery Londoners,singing along to Vera Lynn on the radio and making do and mending while the bombs burst all around them.But there was another side to life in wartime Britain.'Their Darkest Hour' tells the story - often disturbing,sometimes hilarious - of that other side. Questionable governmental procedures often hindered,rather than helped,Britain's chances of winning the war.There were meticulous plans for protecting the nation's art treasures but,by contrast, there were few preparations for the civil defence of its population.A veritable catalogue of authoritarian blunders shows in frightening detail just how close Britain came to becoming a totalitarian state.Propaganda fed to the people bore scant relation to the facts,and dark forces like racism found a ready outlet in wartime society. The author turns the spotlight on some of the more shadowy figures in wartime Britain to see how significant their role really was - the black marketeer,the fifth columnist and the opponents of military service whose objections were sometimes less than conscientious.He asks whether such things as the Home Guard and the massive programme of evacuation were actually more of a hindrance than a help to the war effort.He shows how crime continued to flourish,how the class tensions in pre-war society were often thrown into sharp relief,and how a 'new morality' was fostered by the disruptions of the conflict. Here,for the first time contained in a single volume,is a side of the British at war that many would prefer to forget.It is a stimulating,unsentimental portrait of a nation at arms. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
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HYLTON, STUART: : THEIR DARKEST HOUR: THE HIDDEN HISTORY OF THE HOME FRONT 1939-1945

UK,STROUD,GLOUCESTERSHIRE.SUTTON PUBLISHING LIMTED.2001.

ISBN 0750925221.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. FINE+/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy laminated,monochrome photographic illustrated dw/dj with black+grey lettering to front; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present - though one barely perceptible and tiniest of very small,horizontal incision to front panel's fore-edge.Top+fore-edges though lightly toned are still bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog- ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip,and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,viiipp+2- 183pp [paginated] includes author's introduction,10 chapters,16pp contemporary b/w photographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp56/7 and pp120/1 respectively,a bibliography, an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages and contents list/table. The popular image of the Home Front in the Second World War is of cheery Londoners,singing along to Vera Lynn on the radio and making do and mending while the bombs burst all around them.But there was another side to life in wartime Britain.'Their Darkest Hour' tells the story - often disturbing,sometimes hilarious - of that other side. Questionable governmental procedures often hindered,rather than helped,Britain's chances of winning the war.There were meticulous plans for protecting the nation's art treasures but,by contrast,there were few preparations for the civil defence of its population.A veritable catalogue of authoritarian blunders shows in frightening detail just how close Britain came to becoming a totalitarian state.Propaganda fed to the people bore scant relation to the facts, and dark forces like racism found a ready outlet in wartime society. The author turns the spotlight on some of the more shadowy figures in wartime Britain to see how significant their role really was - the black marketeer,the fifth columnist and the opponents of military service whose objections were sometimes less than conscientious.He asks whether such things as the Home Guard and the massive programme of evacuation were actually more of a hindrance than a help to the war effort.He shows how crime continued to flourish, how the class tensions in pre-war society were often thrown into sharp relief,and how a 'new morality' was fostered by the disruptions of the conflict. Here,for the first time contained in a single volume,is a side of the British at war that many would prefer to forget.it is a stimulating, unsentimental portrait of a nation at arms. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.

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