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The Battle of Britain in the Modern Age, 19652020 Garry Campion

The Battle of Britain in the Modern Age, 19652020 By Garry Campion

The Battle of Britain in the Modern Age, 19652020 by Garry Campion


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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.

The Battle of Britain in the Modern Age, 19652020 Summary

The Battle of Britain in the Modern Age, 19652020: The States Retreat and Popular Enchantment by Garry Campion

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 Battles 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 Museums Battle of Britain Hall; third-sector heritage attractions; and finally, fighter airfields, including RAF Hawkinge as a case study. A follow-up to Campions The Battle of Britain, 19451965 (Palgrave, 2015), this book offers an engaging, accessible study of the Battles afterlives in scholarship, memorialization, and popular culture.

About Garry Campion

Garry Campion is the author of The Good Fight: Battle of Britain Propaganda and The Few (Palgrave, 2008), and The Battle of Britain, 19451965: 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.

Table of Contents

1.The Longest Enchantment?: The Battle of Britain in Society and Culture, 19652020.- 2.The Narrow Margin: The Battle of Britain in History, 19652020.- 3.An Exceptional Few: Leaders, Heroes and their Memorialization.- 4.A Piece of Cake: Consuming the Battle of Britain.- 5.The States Retreat?: The RAF Museum and the Battle of Britain Hall, 19782016.- 6.Spitfire Summer: Museums and Heritage Sites.- 7.An Enduring Legacy?: Battle of Britain Airfields.

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NPB9783030261092
9783030261092
3030261093
The Battle of Britain in the Modern Age, 19652020: The States Retreat and Popular Enchantment by Garry Campion
New
Hardback
Springer Nature Switzerland AG
2019-10-08
369
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