10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PHONEY WAR»
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phoney war in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
phoney war and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
War Diaries: Notebooks from a
Phoney War, November ...
During the phony war, the young Sartre made use of his spare time to make a series of notes on philosophy, literature, politics, history and autobiography which anticipate the themes of his later masterpieces, and often surpass them in ...
2
The
Phoney War on the Home Front
The story is carried entertainingly all the way to the Blitz: the darkening moment at which Britain realized there was indeed 'a war on.'
3
Selling
War: The British Propaganda Campaign Against ...
Had the two nations really stood together, a slogan would not have been
necessary.81 Although Britain's Phoney War propaganda operation centered on
London, this should not obscure the effort in the United States. Even before the
end of ...
4
Coastal Dawn: Blenheims in Action from the
Phoney War ...
Drawing on contemporary diaries, periodicals, letters, logbooks, memoirs and interviews with survivors, lauded historian Andy Bird reassesses the vital role they played and repositions it in history.
5
The Fall of France: The Nazi Invasion of 1940
It resulted from the failure of France's political leaders to seize their opportunities
during the Phoney War. In this view France's defeat was explained not so much
by long-term structural deficiencies as by the conjunctural problems of the ...
6
Britain in the Age of Total
War, 1939-45
Many evacuees had returned home by Christmas and life appeared to be getting
back to normal. All cinemas and theatres were reopened in December 1939. This
was known as the 'Phoney War', or the 'Bore War', as nothing seemed to be ...
7
Tony's
war: the life and times of a WW2 Typhoon pilot
So little, in fact, that it became known as the phoney war or the bore war, or the
Germans name Sitikreig. The outside world was even more alarming now that
there were light restrictions, although white lines were painted on kerbs and lamp
...
Britta von Zweigbergk, 2007
The Phoney War was a phase early in World War II - in the months following Britain and France's declaration of war on Germany (shortly after the German invasion of Poland) in September 1939 and preceding the Battle of France in May 1940 - ...
Jesse Russell, Ronald Cohn, 2012
9
The Second World
War: Ambitions to Nemesis
But it was the American press which coined the lasting popular term: 'phoney war'
. Only at sea was the war far from phoney as the Royal Navy hunted and
engaged the German Kriegsmarine. In late August, a German raiding force
comprising ...
10
Half the Battle: Civilian Morale in Britain During the ...
The 'Phoney War', as it was called, was a big anti-climax, an absolute
confounding of everyone's expectations. If there was a problem of public morale it
was nothing like that anticipated and prepared for. The Phoney War turned out to
be but ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PHONEY WAR»
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phoney war is used in the context of the following news items.
Trevor Royle: Dishonourable conduct: the unsavoury backdrop to …
Throughout that period – the year of the phoney war – he maintained contact with Nazi Germany and had to be ordered by Winston Churchill to ... «Herald Scotland, Jul 15»
The Apple Watch is doing OK, but Christmas is when it might really fly
That's if Apple is willing to take the risk and crank up supply. This has been the Watch phoney war so far; Christmas will be the real battleground ... «TechRadar, Jul 15»
Rugby: Maul will be World Cup move of choice
There will be an element of phoney war about the clash - neither team is going to give everything away - but the All Blacks are going to be ... «Otago Daily Times, Jul 15»
England happy after 'brutal' World Cup camp
In the long weeks of pre-season build-up to the World Cup, which begins in September, there is something of a phoney war breaking out ... «The Times, Jul 15»
Rugby: All Blacks prepare for 'phoney war'
There will be an element of phoney war about the clash - neither team is going to give everything away - but the All Blacks are going to be ... «New Zealand Herald, Jul 15»
Bruno Mars and Ed Sheeran stage Twitter 'spat'
Bruno Mars and Ed Sheeran have staged a phoney war of words on Twitter, following in the footsteps of Taylor Swift and Nicki Minaj. «Sowetan Live, Jul 15»
Don't leave Shag on a rock
So instead of getting a reasoned response to a valid concern, we get the first flak in the World Cup phoney war. Writes Martin Samuel in the ... «New Zealand Herald, Jul 15»
Ashes 2015: Australia strangle England to take full control of second …
... of Cardiff just one week ago, those opening four days of this summer's skirmish can now be seen for what they were: A phoney war. And now ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»
British Gas cuts gas prices 5% but the real savings are made by …
"Really standard price cuts are a phoney war. The real price war is in the switching market where bills are £200-£300 a year lower." ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»
Richard Godwin: We must all join in the battle to save the Beeb
The hope is that this proves to be a phoney war. After all, the reason it's coming to a flashpoint now has nothing to do with the public and ... «Evening Standard, Jul 15»
