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Harper & Brothers
Language
English
Pages
263

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World War, 1939-1945, British Personal narratives
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Great Britain
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Table of Contents

i. Civilization Can Defend Itself as Fiercely as Barbarism Can Attack Page i
ii. Never Have We Seen or Enjoyed So Lovely a Spring Page 8 in A Cross-section of Opinion Page 15 iv. A Night on Duty with the Parashots Page 22 v. The Issue Is Plain — We Can't Live with Nazism Page 30 vi. Lord Woolton and the Food Situation Page 35 vii. British Reaction to the French Sur- render Page 42 Vlii ThelntellectualandtheBattleAgainst the Nazis Page 49 IX. What Chances of an Invasion? Page 55 x. Nazi Propaganda for Export Page 63 xi. An Answer to the Doubts of American Commentators Page 71 xii. Mr Churchill on the French Fleet Page 78 xiii. The Fundamental Issue of the War Page 85 xiv. This Island Now Page 92 xv. Comic Fairy Tales from Berlin Page 98 xvi. British Children — the Problem of Evacuation Page 106 xvii. A Glimpse into Broadcasting House Page 113 xviii. Two Moot Points: The Burma Road and the British Blockade Page 118 xix. Wartime London, in Sharply Con- trasted Phases Page 125 xx. "Less Bread and More Taxes" Page 128 xxi. Three Typical Factories That Are Re- plying to Hitler Page 133 xxii. Reply to Mr Glen Falls, New York Page 141 xxiii. Grand Man of the People Page 149 xxiv. The Nazi Propaganda Machine Must Wobble Badly Page 157 xxv. A Few Words to the Pot-and-Kettle Theorists Page 161 xxvi. A Tribute to the Real Heroes and Heroines of the War Page 168 xxvii. Air-Raid Life Is a Queer Existence Page 175 xxviii. The Vexed Question of Britons in Hollywood Page 182 xxix. There Is None of the Magnificent Chivalry of the Last War Page 186 xxx. First Anniversary of the War Page 194 xxxi. What Are You to Make of People Like the Nazis? Page 202 xxxii. A General Stock-Taking Page 206 xxxiii. The Colossal Panorama of a Defiant City Page 214 xxxiv. You Eat and Drink as Usual, for These Are Hungry Times Page 222 xxxv. Prepared for Anything — with a Word About Propaganda Page 227 xxxvi. These Are Puzzling and Puzzled Men Page 235 xxxvii. There Is Never a Dull Moment Page 244 xxxviii. We Await New Developments Page 249 xxxix. Going North Page 257

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Based on a series of radio talks to America, May 5 to September 24, 1940

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263 p.
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