The Home Guard: A Military and Political History

by S.P. MacKenzie

Book Overview

The extraordinarily popular British television program "Dad's Army" suggests that Britain's Home Guard during the Second World War was home to charming incompetence and lighthearted buffoonery. In 1940, however, the threat of a German invasion of Britain appeared very real. S. P. MacKenzie's detailed and readable history of the Home Guard offers a new perspective on the men who took up the challenge. Despite its popular image of old men and teenagers...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192853317
• ISBN13: 9780192853318
• Release Date: June 1997
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.1" x 7.8"