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The Battle of Britain in the Modern Age, 1965–2020

The State’s Retreat and Popular Enchantment
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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.

Author Biography:

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.
Release date NZ
October 8th, 2019
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Audience
  • Professional & Vocational
Edition
1st ed. 2019
Illustrations
30 Illustrations, black and white; XXVIII, 369 p. 30 illus.
Pages
369
ISBN-13
9783030261092
Product ID
30821110

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