http://airminded.org/2008/07/25/acquisitions-65/ Airpower and British society, 1908-1941 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:49:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://airminded.org/2008/07/25/acquisitions-65/#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.

]]> http://airminded.org/2008/07/25/acquisitions-65/#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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