Título: The Home Guard Companion
Autor: Campbell McCutcheon
Sinopse: Two weeks before Dunkirk, Anthony Eden, Minister of War, announced to the nation on BBC radio his concept of a Local Defence Volunteer force. The Germans were routing the French and British in Belgium and France, Norway was already lost, and within two weeks the cream of Britain’s fighting forces would be weaponless and kitless, seeking rescue from the beaches of Dunkirk. Eden’s words echoed around every living room in the country: ‘In order to volunteer, what you have to do is give in your name at your local police station; and then, as and when we want you, we will let you know.’The motley assortment of men, most either too old or too young to join the Army, became the nucleus of the Home Guard. Untried and without weapons, they would be called upon to halt the invasion that Hitler planned as he stood on the cliffs near Calais, eying Britain and its populace as his next conquest.Over a period of a few months, this rag-tag group was armed, uniformed and trained, using the Home Guard Manual. Learning how to construct booby traps, destroy tanks, ambush the enemy, survive in the open, basic camouflage, read maps and send signals, the fledgling volunteer was turned into a veritable fighting machine, leaving the Army to retrain, re-equip and fight elsewhere.In May 1945, as the Home Guard were stood down, a booklet of cartoons about them was published: Home Guard Humour. In this light-hearted history we find many of the jokes that would appear in Dad’s Army. In this volume, Home Guard Humour and The Home Guard Manual appear together, in the ideal 1940s guide to the Home Guard, official and otherwise.
Contexto da obra
Como livro em inglês, esta obra costuma ganhar também uma camada própria de interesse editorial e linguístico. “The Home Guard Companion”, de Campbell McCutcheon, publicado pela editora Amberley Publishing, em 2015 e com 288 páginas, integra a categoria Livros em Inglês. Por isso, o interesse da obra tende a se ampliar quando o leitor considera também a relação com a língua em que ela circula.
Editora: Amberley Publishing
Páginas: 288
Ano: 2015-10-15
Edição: Reprint
Linguagem: en
ISBN: 1445650975
ISBN13: 9781445650975
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora Amberley Publishing convidam o leitor a uma imersão detalhada em histórias marcadas por contextos históricos e biográficos, muitas vezes envolvendo personagens e eventos que moldaram a Europa medieval e moderna. O catálogo privilegia narrativas que exploram conflitos dinásticos, como as guerras pela coroa inglesa, e figuras históricas controversas, com um tom que equilibra rigor documental e narrativa acessível. Há também espaço para investigações sobre mistérios e teorias conspiratórias, além de relatos que trazem fotografias e documentos inéditos, ampliando a experiência visual e informativa. O ritmo das obras varia entre análises aprofundadas e relatos mais lineares, atendendo a leitores que buscam tanto um panorama quanto detalhes específicos.
