TY - BOOK ID - 101617694 TI - The age of the gas mask : how British civilians faced the terrors of total war PY - 2022 SN - 1108868061 1108491278 1108870155 1108870953 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Gas masks KW - Chemical warfare KW - Civil defense KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - History KW - Safety measures. KW - Social aspects KW - History, Modern KW - European War, 1939-1945 KW - Second World War, 1939-1945 KW - World War 2, 1939-1945 KW - World War II, 1939-1945 KW - World War Two, 1939-1945 KW - WW II (World War, 1939-1945) KW - WWII (World War, 1939-1945) KW - Defensive (Military science) KW - Public safety KW - Air defenses, Civil KW - Civilian defense KW - Defense, Civil KW - Emergency preparedness KW - Protection of civilians KW - Air warfare KW - War KW - CBR warfare KW - Chemistry in warfare KW - Breathing apparatus UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:101617694 AB - The First World War introduced the widespread use of lethal chemical weapons. In its aftermath, the British government, like that of many states, had to prepare civilians to confront such weapons in a future war. Over the course of the interwar period, it developed individual anti-gas protection as a cornerstone of civil defence. Susan R. Grayzel traces the fascinating history of one object - the civilian gas mask - through the years 1915-1945 and, in so doing, reveals the reach of modern, total war and the limits of the state trying to safeguard civilian life in an extensive empire. Drawing on records from Britain's Colonial, Foreign, War and Home Offices and other archives alongside newspapers, journals, personal accounts and cultural sources, she connects the histories of the First and Second World Wars, combatants and civilians, men and women, metropole and colony, illuminating how new technologies of warfare shaped culture, politics, and society. ER -