Comments on: Acquisitions http://airminded.org/2008/07/25/acquisitions-65/ Airpower and British society, 1908-1941 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:25:56 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Brett Holman http://airminded.org/2008/07/25/acquisitions-65/comment-page-1/#comment-107266 Brett Holman Sun, 28 Jun 2009 14:21:49 +0000 http://airminded.org/?p=532#comment-107266 I was highly impressed by the amount of research carried out by Hanson, but not so much by <a href="http://alihollington.typepad.com/historic_battlefields/2009/04/first-blitz-by-neil-hanson.html?cid=6a00d83532e9cd69e2011570446774970b#comment-6a00d83532e9cd69e2011570446774970b" rel="nofollow">the editing and analysis</a>. There's certainly a lot of fascinating stuff in there, though. I was highly impressed by the amount of research carried out by Hanson, but not so much by the editing and analysis. There’s certainly a lot of fascinating stuff in there, though.

]]> By: andrew b http://airminded.org/2008/07/25/acquisitions-65/comment-page-1/#comment-107131 andrew b Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:04:58 +0000 http://airminded.org/?p=532#comment-107131 I was given this book last week, looking forward to reading it. I notice that there is a picture in it of the Eaglet Pub on Seven Sisters Road, which was badly hit when a bomb apparently landed in the cellar. I live a few minutes walk away from it.. I've never had the urge to go in it before. Maybe I'll head in there and see if any photos/stories exist. Unlikely, but you never know.. I was given this book last week, looking forward to reading it.

I notice that there is a picture in it of the Eaglet Pub on Seven Sisters Road, which was badly hit when a bomb apparently landed in the cellar. I live a few minutes walk away from it..

I’ve never had the urge to go in it before. Maybe I’ll head in there and see if any photos/stories exist. Unlikely, but you never know..

]]> By: Brett Holman http://airminded.org/2008/07/25/acquisitions-65/comment-page-1/#comment-80322 Brett Holman Thu, 07 Aug 2008 05:46:38 +0000 http://airminded.org/?p=532#comment-80322 Yes, you're quite right: I've written about such things before, for example about <a href="http://airminded.org/2008/03/01/anti-semitism-in-british-airpower-literature/" rel="nofollow">anti-Semitism</a>. I don't dispute that the perception existed in places at all. What I take issue with in Hanson's book (and again, I haven't read it very closely yet, so maybe he qualifies it) is the idea that the perception was accurate. It wasn't. There were a small number of incidents of panic, but no mass panics. Morale held up in 1917-8, just as it did in 1940-1. And again, he's drawing a very long bow to extrapolate from the unrest that did occur into a successful knock-out blow against Britain, had the war continued into 1919. Yes, you’re quite right: I’ve written about such things before, for example about anti-Semitism. I don’t dispute that the perception existed in places at all. What I take issue with in Hanson’s book (and again, I haven’t read it very closely yet, so maybe he qualifies it) is the idea that the perception was accurate. It wasn’t. There were a small number of incidents of panic, but no mass panics. Morale held up in 1917-8, just as it did in 1940-1. And again, he’s drawing a very long bow to extrapolate from the unrest that did occur into a successful knock-out blow against Britain, had the war continued into 1919.

]]> By: Simon Fowler http://airminded.org/2008/07/25/acquisitions-65/comment-page-1/#comment-79820 Simon Fowler Sun, 03 Aug 2008 07:23:52 +0000 http://airminded.org/?p=532#comment-79820 There was a wide spread perception between the wars by contemporary writers that elements, at least, of the population of London panicked during air raids. Some commentators blamed 'Hampstead Jews' and foreigners, while others were more catholic in placing the blame on the working classes in general. I came across these comments surprising often while researching a book on crime between the wars. There was a wide spread perception between the wars by contemporary writers that elements, at least, of the population of London panicked during air raids. Some commentators blamed ‘Hampstead Jews’ and foreigners, while others were more catholic in placing the blame on the working classes in general. I came across these comments surprising often while researching a book on crime between the wars.

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