1. //
  2. Start
  3. //
  4. Publications
  5. 'Foreshadows and Repercussions'
  6. Output formats
  7. //

'Foreshadows and Repercussions': Histories of air war and the recasting of cities and citizens

Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research

Standard

'Foreshadows and Repercussions': Histories of air war and the recasting of cities and citizens. / Page, Adam.
In: Contemporary European History, Vol. 23, No. 4, 11.2014, p. 645-655.

Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research

Harvard

Page, A 2014, ''Foreshadows and Repercussions': Histories of air war and the recasting of cities and citizens', Contemporary European History, vol. 23, no. 4, pp. 645-655. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0960777314000368

APA

Page, A. (2014). 'Foreshadows and Repercussions': Histories of air war and the recasting of cities and citizens. Contemporary European History, 23(4), 645-655. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0960777314000368

Vancouver

Page A. 'Foreshadows and Repercussions': Histories of air war and the recasting of cities and citizens. Contemporary European History. 2014 Nov;23(4):645-655. doi: 10.1017/S0960777314000368

Bibtex

@article{f26afbe0d6174e26a52a6d11ac1f7151,
title = "'Foreshadows and Repercussions': Histories of air war and the recasting of cities and citizens",
abstract = "In the preface to the 1941 edition to his 1908 novel, The War in the Air, H. G. Wells wrote: 'I told you so. You damned fools'. The books discussed here illustrate how, in the few intervening decades, air war moved from a fearful vision into reality, and detail the varied experiences and consequences of the aerial bombardment of cities and civilians. The histories of air power and the aerial bombardment of cities have centred on the Second World War, moving from the humanising endurance of Londoners during the Blitz to the entirely dehumanised horror of the destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The texts reviewed here extend the histories of air war and highlight the city and the home as a target for bombing while remaining the place where people carried on their daily lives.",
keywords = "Media and communication studies",
author = "Adam Page",
year = "2014",
month = nov,
doi = "10.1017/S0960777314000368",
language = "English",
volume = "23",
pages = "645--655",
journal = "Contemporary European History",
issn = "0960-7773",
publisher = "Cambridge University Press",
number = "4",

}

RIS

TY - JOUR

T1 - 'Foreshadows and Repercussions'

T2 - Histories of air war and the recasting of cities and citizens

AU - Page, Adam

PY - 2014/11

Y1 - 2014/11

N2 - In the preface to the 1941 edition to his 1908 novel, The War in the Air, H. G. Wells wrote: 'I told you so. You damned fools'. The books discussed here illustrate how, in the few intervening decades, air war moved from a fearful vision into reality, and detail the varied experiences and consequences of the aerial bombardment of cities and civilians. The histories of air power and the aerial bombardment of cities have centred on the Second World War, moving from the humanising endurance of Londoners during the Blitz to the entirely dehumanised horror of the destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The texts reviewed here extend the histories of air war and highlight the city and the home as a target for bombing while remaining the place where people carried on their daily lives.

AB - In the preface to the 1941 edition to his 1908 novel, The War in the Air, H. G. Wells wrote: 'I told you so. You damned fools'. The books discussed here illustrate how, in the few intervening decades, air war moved from a fearful vision into reality, and detail the varied experiences and consequences of the aerial bombardment of cities and civilians. The histories of air power and the aerial bombardment of cities have centred on the Second World War, moving from the humanising endurance of Londoners during the Blitz to the entirely dehumanised horror of the destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The texts reviewed here extend the histories of air war and highlight the city and the home as a target for bombing while remaining the place where people carried on their daily lives.

KW - Media and communication studies

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84911169316&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1017/S0960777314000368

DO - 10.1017/S0960777314000368

M3 - Scientific review articles

AN - SCOPUS:84911169316

VL - 23

SP - 645

EP - 655

JO - Contemporary European History

JF - Contemporary European History

SN - 0960-7773

IS - 4

ER -

DOI