Book contents
- Bombing the City
- Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare
- Bombing the City
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Note to the Reader
- Featured Diarists
- Introduction
- 1 Give unto Moloch
- 2 The Muses of War: Terror, Anger, and Faith
- 3 Romancing Stone: Human Sacrifice and System Collapse in the City
- 4 Defending Our Way of Life: Gender, Class, Age, and Other Oppressions
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- References
Bibliography
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 October 2018
Book contents
- Bombing the City
- Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare
- Bombing the City
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Note to the Reader
- Featured Diarists
- Introduction
- 1 Give unto Moloch
- 2 The Muses of War: Terror, Anger, and Faith
- 3 Romancing Stone: Human Sacrifice and System Collapse in the City
- 4 Defending Our Way of Life: Gender, Class, Age, and Other Oppressions
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- References
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- Bombing the CityCivilian Accounts of the Air War in Britain and Japan, 1939–1945, pp. 235 - 251Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2018
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