The Coming of the Aerial War

Michele Haapamaki was educated at the British Columbia and McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada. She holds a PhD in modern British history and writes on contemporary and historical aspects of war and society.

Introduction
Chapter 1: Situating Moods – Aviation Enthusiasts and Fear
Chapter 2: Anticipating New Weapons – Theorizing Aerial Warfare
Chapter 3: “The Dew of Death” – Dueling Perspectives on Poison Gas
Chapter 4: C.G. Grey and J.B.S. Haldane – Two Professional Men, Two Ideologies
Chapter 5: The Psychology of the Terror Victim in the Spanish Civil War – Morale and Defiance
Chapter 6: Criticism from the Left – Gas Masks, Refuge Rooms, and Deep Shelters
Chapter 7: Terror From the Skies – Wartime and the Challenge to Civil Liberties
Chapter 8: Britishness – Civilians on the Home Front and National Identity
Chapter 9: Architecture and Idealism – The Finsbury Deep Shelter Project
Chapter 10: Dissent, Patriotism and the Final Showdown Over Deep Shelter Policy
Conclusions: Violence and Terror – Reflections on Perpetual Fears