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Britain WW2.Pdf U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center Great Britain 950 Soldiers Drive Carlisle Barracks, PA 17013-5021 31 Jan 2013 BRITAIN & WORLD WAR II A Working Bibliography of MHI Sources CONTENTS General Sources.....p.1 Special Aspects…..p.2 Home Front -General Sources.....p.3 -Civil Defense......p.5 -Economic Mobilization.....p.6 -Social Aspects…..p.6 -Channel Islands…..p.7 -POW Camps…..p.9 GENERAL SOURCES Callahan, Raymond. Churchill and His Generals. Lawrence, KS: U KS, 2007. 310 p. D759.C35. Collier, Basil. The Defence of the United Kingdom. London: HMSO, 1957. 557 p. D759.C6. Doherty, Richard. A Noble Crusade: The History of Eighth Army, 1941-1945. Rockville Centre, NY: Sarpedon,1999. 368 p. D546.5.8thD64. Doyle, Peter, & Evans, Paul. The British Soldier in Europe, 1939-45. Wiltshire, England: Crowood, 2009. 208 p. D743.27.D693. Englebrecht, Joseph A. “War Termination: Why Does a State Decide to Stop Fighting?” PhD dss, Columbia, 1992. 372 p. U21.2.E53. See Chap. 5. Havers, Richard. Here is the News: The BBC and the Second World War. Gloucestershire, England: Sutton, 2007. 310 p. D799.G7.H38. Margry, Karel. “RAF Target Mapping Centre at Hughenden Manor.” After the Battle No. 141: pp. 34-41. Per. Britain, WWII p.2 Murray, Williamson, & Millett, Alan R., editors. Calculations: Net Assessment and the Coming of World War II. NY: Macmillan, 1992. 354 p. U161.4.C34. Examines how 7 major belligerents assessed their own & the enemy's military capacity; see Chap 2. Rostron, Peter. The Life and Times of General Sir Miles Dempsey, GBE, KCB, DSO, MC: Monty’s Army Commander. South Yorkshire, England: Pen & Sword Military, 2010. 212 p. D759.R66. Rusbridger, James, & Nave, Eric. Betrayal at Pearl Harbor: How Churchill Lured Roosevelt into World War II. NY: Summit, 1991. 302 p. D767.92.R87. Stafford, David. “Secret Operations Versus Secret Intelligence in World War II: The British Experience.” In Men at War: Politics, Technology, and Innovation in the Twentieth Century. Chicago: Precedent, 1982. pp. 119-36. U42.M43. Stoddard, Brooke C. World in the Balance: The Perilous Months of June-October 1940. Wash, DC: Potomac Books, 2011. 255 p. D750.S76. Thompson, Julian. Dunkirk: Retreat to Victory. London, England: Sidgwick & Jackson, 2008. 338 p. D756.5.D8.T48. Wills, Henry. Pillboxes: A Study of UK Defences 1940. England: Cooper, 1985. 98 p. UG429.G7.W54. Wilson, Kevin. Men of Air: Doomed Youth of Bomber Command, 1944. London, England: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2007. 435 p. D786.W53. Ziegler, Philip. London at War 1939-1945. NY: Knopf, 1995. 372 p. D760.8.L7.Z54. See also: -Bibliography on British Army in Great Britain. SPECIAL ASPECTS Bissell, Chris C. “Forging a New Discipline: Reflections on the Wartime Infrastructure for Research and Development in Feedback Control in the US, the UK, Germany and the USSR.” In Scientific Research in World War II: What Scientists Did in the War. NY: Routledge, 2009. pp. 202-12. D810.S2.S25. Dudley, Marianna. “A Fairy (Shrimp) Tale of Military Environmentalism: The ‘Greening’ of Salisbury Plain.” In Militarized Landscapes: From Gettysburg to Salisbury Plain. London: Continuum, 2010. pp. 135-50. UA990.M55. Britain, WWII p.3 Dyson, Stephen W. Twins in Tanks: East End Brothers-in-Arms, 1943-1945. London, England: Leo Cooper; Imperial War Museum, 1994 207 p. D811.D97. Edwards, Sam. “Ruins, Relics and Restoration: The Afterlife of World War Two American Airfields in England, 1945-2005.” In Militarized Landscapes: From Gettysburg to Salisbury Plain, cited above. pp. 209-28. UA990.M55. Great Britain. Political Warfare Executive. Instructions for British Servicemen in Germany 1944. Oxford, England: Bodledian Library, 2007. 64 p. U115.G7.I57. Guinn, Gilbert S. The Arnold Scheme: British Pilots, the American South, and the Allies’ Daring Plan. Charleston, SC: History Press, 2007. 559 p. D786.G85. Training British pilots in the southern US, pre-Pearl Harbor. Longden, Sean. Blitz Kids. London: Constable, 2012. 541 p. D810.C4.L66. Mercer, John. Letters from Normandy. Stroud, England: Amberley, 2010. 121 p. D811.M475. Served with 185th Regiment and 7th Armoured Division. Mitchelhill-Green, David. “The Bombing of Dublin.” After the Battle No. 156: pp. 3-11. Per. Ramsden, John. “Myths and Realities of the ‘People’s War’ in Britain.” In Experience and Memory: The Second World War in Europe, cited above. pp. 53-69. D744.7.E8.Z84. Roye, Trevor. A Time of Tyrants: Scotland and the Second World War. Edinburgh, Scotland: Birlinn, 2011. 386 p. D760.8.S36.R69. Stewart, Adrian. Six of Monty’s Men. Barnsley, England: Pen & Sword, 2011. 226 p. DA69.A1.S74. HOME FRONT-General Sources Biddle, Eric H. The Mobilization of the Home Front: The British Experience and its Significance for the United States. Chicago: Public Admin Service, 1942. 47 p. HC256.4.B5. Bowman, Martin W. Bomber Bases of World War 2: 3rd Air Division, 8th Air Force USAAF, 1942-45: Flying Fortress and Liberator Squadrons in Norfolk and Suffolk. South Yorkshire, England: Pen & Sword Aviation, 2009. 230 p. D790.23.3rd.B69. _____. World War II RAF Airfields in Norfolk. South Yorkshire, England: Pen & Sword Aviation, 2007. 169 p. UG635.G72.N67. Briggs, Susan. The Home Front: War Years in Britain, 1939-1945. NY: American Heritage, 1975. 256 p. D759.B75. Pictorial essay. Britain, WWII p.4 Brooks, Alan. London at War: Relics of the Home Front from the World Wars. Barnsley, England: Wharncliffe, 2011. 168 p. DA684.B76. Brown, Mike. Wartime Childhood. NY: Shire, 2009. 56 p. D810.C4.B76. Budiansky, Stephen. “Churchill’s Secret Army.” World War II (Oct/Nov 2008): pp. 28-35. Per. Auxiliary Army, formed to conduct sabotage/guerrilla operations in the event of a German invasion of the homeland. Connelly, Mark. “’We Can Take It!: Britain and the Memory of the Home Front in the Second World War.” In Experience and Memory: The Second World War in Europe. NY: Berghahn, 2010. pp. 40-52. D744.7.E8.Z84. Delve, Ken. The Military Airfields of Britain: East Anglia, Norfolk and Suffolk. Wiltshire, England: Crowood, 2005. 272 p. DA670.E14.D45. _____. The Military Airfields of Britain: Northern England. Co. Durham, Cumbria, Isle of Man, Lancashire, Merseyside, Manchester, Northumberland, Tyne & Wear, Yorkshire. Wiltshire, England: Crowood, 2006. 320 p. DA670.N73.D45. _____. The Military Airfields of Britain: Southern England: Kent, Hampshire, Surrey and Sussex. Wiltshire, England: Crowood, 2005. 271 p. DA670.S66.D45. Doyle, Peter, & Evans, Paul. The Home Front: British Wartime Memorabilia, 1939-1945. Wiltshire, England: Crowood, 2007. 208 p. D743.27.D692. Guide for the Use of Land for Training, 1944. London: War Office, 1944. 29 p. HD595.G85. Horth, Lillie B., & Arthur C. 101 Things to Do in Wartime 1940: A Practical Handbook for the Home. London, England: Batsford, 2007. 117 p. TT145.H67. Hyndman, Oonagh. Wartime Kent, 1939-1940: A Selection of Memories from the BBC Radio Kent Series. Rainham, England: Meresborough, 1990. 159 p. D760.8.K4.W37. Lavery, Brian, compiler & editor. The British Home front Pocket-book, 1940-1942. London: Conway, 2010. 160 p. D744.7.G7.B75. Macleod, John. River of Fire: The Clydebank Blitz. Edinburgh, Scotland: Firlinn, 2012. 338 p. D760.8.C58.M33. Mortimer, Gavin. “Bombs Away.” World War II (Jan/Feb 2011): pp. 58-65. Per. British bomb disposal efforts during the London Blitz. Morton, James. “Crime in the Blitz.” Military Illustrated (Mar 2007): pp. 16-23. Per. Rootes, Andrew. Front Line County: Kent at War, 1939-45. Bury St. Edmonds, England: St. Edmundsbury Press, 1988. 223 p. D760.8.K4.R66. Britain, WWII p.5 Seib, Philip M. Broadcasts from the Blitz: How Edward R. Murrow Helped Lead America into War. Wash, DC: Potomac, 2006. 209 p. D799.U6.S45. Snelling, Joan. A Land Girl’s War. Ipswich, England: Old Pond Publishing, 2004. 94 p. D811.5.S64. Wicks, Ben. Nell’s War: Remembering the Blitz. Toronto, Canada: Stoddart, 1990. 251 p. D760.8.L7.W52. _____. No Time to Wave Goodbye. London: Bloomsbury, 1988. 228 p. D810.C4.W53. Children; civilian evacuations. Wineman, Bradford. ‘’We Will Fight Them…’: The Experience of British Civilians during the ‘Blitz’.” In Personal Perspectives: World War II. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2005. pp. 29-45. D743.P47. HOME FRONT-Civil Defense Carroll, David. Dad’s Army: The Home Guard, 1940-1944. Gloucestershire, England: History Press, 2009. 120 p. 2009. D760.A1.C37. Great Britain. Ministry of Home Security. Front Line, 1940-1941: The Official Story of the Civil Defense of Britain. London: HMSO, 1942. 157 p. D759.A4. Hamilton, Tim. Identification Friend or Foe: Being the Story of Aircraft Recognition. London: HMSO, 1994. 137 p. UG735.G7.H358. Hartley, A.B. Unexploded Bomb: A History of Bomb Disposal. NY: Norton, 1958. 272 p. D809.G7.B4. Longmate, Norman. Air Raid: The Bombing of Coventry, 1940. NY: McKay, 1978. 302 p. D760.8.C6.L66. Reminiscences on the 14-15 Nov 1940 attack, plus author's assertion that raid was legitimate military action, not terror attack. MacRoberts, N. de P. A.R.P. Lessons From Barcelona: Some Hints for Local Authorities and for the Private Citizen. London, England: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1938. 31 p. UA929.S7.M33. Rothnie, Niall. The Baedeker Blitz: Hitler’s Attack on Britain’s Historic Cities. Shepperton, England: Ian Allan, 1992. 144 p. D759.R68. Raids on Exeter, Norwich, Bath, York & Canterbury. Schwarzkopf, Jutta. “Women in Combat: Female Volunteers in British Anti-aircraft Batteries in the Second World War.” In War Volunteering in Modern Times: From the French Revolution to the Second World War. NY: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. pp. 275-90. UB320.W37. Britain, WWII p.6 Stevenson, Jeff. “Coventry Blitz—November 1940.” After the Battle No.
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